The Cort Furniture Rental company in New Jersey, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, was about to go union. The workers had organized and were planning to vote in the Teamsters Union. The company laid off its drivers and other workers and hired "independent contractors," using the virus as an excuse.
Cort was not the only company to take advantage of the virus. HCA Healthcare used the virus as an excuse to delay a union election by nurses. The Detroit Free Press replaced union workers with non-union employees.
There are other examples across the country. What an opportunity for corporate America.
Oh, yeah, and some states have shut abortion clinics, using the virus as an excuse.
See "Unions See Crisis Used To Foil Labor," New York Times, (April 29, 2020), pp. B1, B4.
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