The fact that the media is biased against organized labour is an accepted fact, though one that we ought to work to chance. It's routine for the interests of organized labour to be skewed as a result of the capitalist media. Here's a great example. This article from the Hamilton Spectator speaks briefly on the COPE 343 strike against the First Ontario Credit Union. It's entitled "Strikers keep protest peaceful," as if the reader should be shocked at that. What did the media expect, that the heads of those attending the curling match at Copps Coliseum would be based in by strikers with brooms and curling rocks? Come on.
The article concludes "About 70 tellers of Local 343 of the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union have been on the picket line since Oct. 20, 2006." Never does it mention why these people are on strike (the result of harsh concessions demanded by management) or the issues that are important to the striking workers.
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Good post.
I actually posted on my blog a few days ago, a detailed analysis of systemic media bias against labour throught he accounts of five media outlets in reference to a single event.
It very much goes along the same lines as what you're talking about here if you wanted to take a look. You can access it here:
http://paulitics.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/propaganda-in-action-the-closure-of-the-hershey-plant/
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