Hilton management uses assault, intimidation in attempt to silence protesters

Actually, that's a claim. A claim is not evidence. I built the Mars Curiousity Rover in my garage, but JPL didn't pay me. All the credit went to Mohawk Guy. I'm gonna hold a press conference rather than just take them to court. There you go. Obviously true, because I just presented the evidence. Thank you for using the bold highlights, otherwise I never could have found those claims with my tiny Einstein brain.
— August 31, 2012 11:36 a.m.

Hilton management uses assault, intimidation in attempt to silence protesters

Way to play their game, David. Make up a history about me that fits your propaganda. I'm a teacher. AFT. Although, if I was HEI management, I'd still be a member of the public, genius. It's sounds like you're with Unite Here. Tell me, Unite Here guy, why don't you want the NLRB involved in this case? And if we're talking about other cities, why did so many of your members defect to the SEIU? And if I'm hotel management, why don't I have any beef with SEIU?
— August 31, 2012 11:27 a.m.

Hilton management uses assault, intimidation in attempt to silence protesters

I guess you cannot read and extrapolate. The quotes came solely from the minority faction of protesters. That's not evidence. God save anyone who has you on a jury.
— August 30, 2012 8:13 a.m.

Hilton management uses assault, intimidation in attempt to silence protesters

Makes one wonder why this reporter set out to make a hit piece. Where's the actual journalism? Is there any actual evidence these employees didn't get their breaks? Seems fishy that the company would pick on 28 percent of it's employees in front of the other 72 percent. Did he investigate the break room, to see if it was being used by the employees? Or are these accusations merely a ploy to force the company into allowing the workers to organize in a shady, un-open way? And although this "journalist" was assaulted in plain view of the rooms, valet area, and entrance to this hotel (shoot, wouldn't even be surprised if there are security cameras), no one can substantiate his claim? Not one witness from the masses of "abused," still on-duty employees working the front of this hotel? Maybe a poor valet guy? Or a cause-sympathetic hotel guest? Sounds like a lie, or at least a gross exaggeration. Why the sensationalism, Reader? Watch this video I found after a whole 30 seconds of research: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p7OOBNVN4A In the above video I painstakingly found (geez, I'm a better investigator than the guy who wrote this article) posted by the group protesting, you can see the (Manager? Boss?) tell the group he would be happy to have a negotiation or union election run through the National Labor Relation Board. He doesn't hide from it. He says, "They have the right to organize, we understand." The only aggression seen in the video is from the side of the protesters. Yet now we're supposed to believe the hotel is super aggressive. Is Dave Rice actually one of the protesters posing as a reporter? Why doesn't the group want a fair election run by the NLRB? The only reason I can think of is that they don't have enough votes in the hotel? Why didn't this "reporter" bother to find any of these opposing viewpoints amongst the employees, even though it stands to reason the majority doesn't harbor this level of resentment? Most of all, why don't you actually do an investigation into the situation at the hotel, rather than a hit piece. As a proud member of a union, I find the tactics that groups like these use are detriment to the rest of us. The reason unions are getting such a bad rap is because of groups like these. Do your union building properly, hold your votes openly and cleanly, or the conservatives are going to keep using examples like this to pick us apart until no one is left believing in the rights of organized workers at all.
— August 29, 2012 10:28 p.m.