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- From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Cable Boycott
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:48:34 GMT
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- In article <1hojsmINN6hf@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, johan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Johan van Zanten) writes:
- |> I'm really surprised no one mentioned the failed boycott. For
- |> those of you who are unaware, about 2 years ago (sorry my memory is
- |> going already) a large percentage of the AustinCablevision workers went
- |> on strike (20-30%?) and they asked that customers disconnect and send a
- |> letter to both AustinCablevision and the local Communication Worker's
- |> Union. They complained that the manager was engaging in unfair labor
- |> practices. (Discouraging/prohibiting the union.)
-
- I remember the strike, I never heard about a Boycott though.
- |>
- |> I mention this because i'd be a little surprised if you were able to
- |> organize an effective boycott, now that the first strike was broken, or
- |> perhaps more accurately, shrugged off. However, personally, i'd
- |> encourage everyone to send a letter in, cut the service and read more
- |> books.
-
- The boycott would have to come from the Neighborhood associations
- to have any real power. Ie all of Hyde Park or Allandale or
- TerryTown would have to say: We support a boycott and urge the
- neighborhood residents to turn off their service.
-
- Austin is already the leading bookworm city in the US. We beat
- out San Jose, Ca as spending more on books per capita.
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