The Galt and the Lamers 0
They brook no questions, for what they say goes. Facing South reports:
Approaching their 10th month on strike, the workers from Omnova Solutions wanted to ask the CEO just how the company had found enough money to grant the CEO a 90 percent pay increase — boosting his take-home to $3.5 million a year — while they were asked to forget about seniority and choke down benefit givebacks that amount to a 15 percent pay cut.
The strikers didn’t get the chance. Prepared for their arrival, the company, which makes vinyl-coated wall coverings used in hotels, denied access to most of the strikers, although they carried proxies from other shareholders.
In the olden days, these folks were called “Robber Barons.”
