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Michigan Tribal Leaders Angry with Wall Street Journal Article28 May 2002MICHIGAN – As reported by Indian Country Today: "Tribal leaders of the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association are stunned and appalled at the May 7 story by Joel Millman ("Burgeoning Indian Casinos Get Ahead in Part by Dodging Labor Regulations"). This hatchet job is so full of factual errors and bias that it shouldn't be called journalism at all, but "pulp fiction." We resent this attempt by The Wall Street Journal to paint the Viejas Band, and indirectly all tribal casinos, as irresponsible and heartless employers who use sovereignty as a convenient means of dodging their obligations to employees and customers. "Millman claims that employees at the Viejas casino, operated by the Kumeyaay Indians, have no rights because they are not union members. This is incorrect. The Viejas casino is unionized under the umbrella of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Even setting aside the error of fact, however, this position is astonishing, given the Journal's long-time distaste for unions and its unequivocal opposition over the years to minimum wage and worker rights laws. Has the Journal now decided that unionization is the only way to ensure the fair treatment of workers? To read the rest of this article, please click here. |