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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums‘The Fonz’ Headlines Corporate Retreat on How to Lock Out Unions
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13914/the_fonz_headlines_corporate_getaway_on_how_to_lockout_unions/
By Mike Elk
The NFL referee lockout debacle, resolved yesterday after a slew of bad press for the league, has highlighted the difficulties that lockouts pose for companies. When calling in scabs so as to put the screws to employees in contract fights, employers can't always maintain the quality of their product. (Look no further than Monday night's officiating at the Seahawks-Packers game.)
In response, a shadow industry of labor relations consulting has emerged to advise companies on how to maximize productivity during lockouts. For a fee, corporations that lock out their workers can hire a service that will provide "skilled" scab replacement workers, legal support, security and even housing for the scabs.
Henry Winkler, who once played the Fonz, is now starring in corporate anti-union retreats. (Richard Elzey / Flickr / Creative Commons)
One of these work-stoppage consultant groups, IMAC Services (which merged with AFI International as of August to become AFIMAC), held a conference on May 10-11 entitled Navigating Your Labor & Union Landscape at the luxury Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch in Arizona. Conference workshops and speakers advised employers how to take the necessary steps to prepare for problems with their unions.
The headliner was none other than actor Henry Winkler, a.k.a. "the Fonz."
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‘The Fonz’ Headlines Corporate Retreat on How to Lock Out Unions (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Sep 2012
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I can't believe Winkler would do this. I won't be able to watch the Fonz the same way.
diabeticman
Sep 2012
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JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)1. Fucking guy is IN A UNION.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)2. Doublethink
Robb
(39,665 posts)3. Apparently he's in the $22,500-25,000 per gig range.
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)4. I can't believe Winkler would do this. I won't be able to watch the Fonz the same way.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)5. Why disbelief?
he the same flunky pushing very expensive "Reverse Mortgages" onto senior citizens...he's a money whore...he'll do anything that pays him a buck
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)12. He started doing those? I knew Robert Wagner
spanone
(135,844 posts)6. as an entertainer and teevee performer henry has participated in unions most of his career
aftra/sag
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)7. Here's him tweeting on Labor Day 2012:
Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) legendary star of Happy Days and Arrested
Development @araw i am a proud member of 3 unions
spanone
(135,844 posts)10. maybe he's taking their money and laughing at them?
Cha
(297,290 posts)8. What!?
YEAH! From your link, Steve..
"Whether Mr. Winkler was aware of the real IMAC agenda or not, he still has a responsibility to disentangle himself from the IMAC conference, says United Electrical Workers Union (UE) political action director Chris Townsend. He blessed this disgraceful union-smashing company and conference with his star power and good cheer. I suggest that Mr. Winkler contribute his entire IMAC/Scottsdale appearance fee to [a union]. Mr. Winkler might also help expose the real agenda of IMAC, which is setting up and locking out workers and destroying their lives, families and communities."
niyad
(113,336 posts)9. hard to imagine this is the same guy who did a video in '08 for obama
. . .
Obama election
In October 2008, Winkler appeared in a video on funnyordie.com with Ron Howard, reprising their roles as Fonzie and Richie Cunningham, encouraging people to vote for Barack Obama. The video entitled "Ron Howards Call to Action"[11] also features Andy Griffith.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winkler
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)11. Not cool, Fonzie. I think you jumped the shark (nt)
eShirl
(18,494 posts)14. His picture is LITERALLY in Wikipedia under Jumping The Shark! (link)
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)13. Heyyyy!