Thus the story moves along, Harsh trying to sign up employees and Colby trying to bribe them not to, and both operating out of suites in the same hotel, though Colby is unaware of Hersh's true identity. Each comments on both union and management - a further absurdity being that here union is management, and, though both come in for a drubbing, on the whole Kemske seems to be on the side of the angels. It is the drumbeat management generously provides to help their galley slaves push through the pain and row a little harder. In the 1980s, however, the corporates learned to use sophisticated public relations programs to identify us as an obstacle to progress. The perversity here is that Lathrop uses union history to justify his anti-union behavior.
Personal stories proceed apace, too.
Colby's delicately maintained marriage to a former union activist is imperiled by his activities, particularly as those activities extend to enthusiastic intimacies with Kathleen, a free-spirited FOW executive who also shares her favors with Harsh. All in all this is handled well, though the incidence of casual sex is rather higher than one would expect. It all ends ludicrously with Lathrop laying siege to his employee-occupied offices like some 1930s autoworkers' sitdown strike. Personal relationships just sort of trail off, as they do in life. Reviews will appear on The Denver Post Online.