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<H1>Target's Anti-Union Video Is Hilariously Corny, But Also Full of Dangerous Lies</H1></DIV><!-- start: teaser --><!-- start: body -->
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<P id=paragraph1 name="paragraph1">Poor Target employees. Gawker has <A href="http://gawker.com/5811371/heres-the-cheesy-anti+union-video-all-target-employees-must-endure"><FONT color=#ca8500>gotten its hands</FONT></A> on an equal-parts hilarious and awful anti-union video that the big box chain requires all its employees to watch. Among the 13-minute video's lies:</P>
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<P id=paragraph3 name="paragraph3">The fictional employees' assurance that "you can get more hours" without a union—although a persistent inability to get enough hours to earn a living wage is one of the prime reasons that Target employees in New York are now <A href="http://gawker.com/5805083/target-gets-its-own-union-battle"><FONT color=#ca8500>contemplating joining a union.</FONT></A></P>
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<P id=paragraph5 name="paragraph5">The video also positions Target as a proud "threat to unions" and repeatedly reminds employees that they "have the right" not to join a union. Gee, what would your employees do without that sage guidance, Target?</P>
<P id=paragraph6 name="paragraph6">Those gems, plus plenty of bad acting and one very severe red turtleneck (director of labor relations Jim Rowader, <EM>hello</EM>), here:</P>
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<DIV id=published>By <SPAN style="COLOR: #de4900">Lauren Kelley</SPAN> | Sourced from <SPAN style="COLOR: #de4900">AlterNet</A> </SPAN><BR>
<H3>Posted at June 14, 2011, 6:57 am</H3></DIV>
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