As bad as corporate attacks on unions and workers have been, what is even worse is the complacency with which public officials and government agencies have looked on. For even the most serious violations of workers' legal rights to organize a union, employers face minimal punishment. For example, in cases where employers are found guilty of spying on and intimidating their workers, the only remedy is a requirement that the employer post a notice in the workplace admitting guilt. To workers whose efforts to organize have been broken, such a remedy looks like less than a wrist-slapping. We can hardly expect corporate employers to change their ways.
Profit is their motive and total top-down control of the workplace is their means.
But we should expect our public officials at all levels, including county and municipal government, to safeguard workers' rights to organize unions. Good jobs are the lifeblood of our community. Norman Moses certainly knows how to throw an impressive hissy-fit. Regardless of the circumstances, a replacement thrown into a show only two days before opening is going to turn in an inferior performance and the show is going to be of inferior quality. This is not fair to the audience, who have made the sacrifice of both money and time to come see the show.