Hello CNI staffers,

A trusted source who has been with the Journal Sentinel for more than two decades said recently that he remembers the same tactics used when their newsroom unionized.

"Right out of the same playbook," he said.

Is this an indication of how serious they are taking us. Let's review what has happened so far.

Two weeks ago, Cristy calls a two-hour meeting with a handful of "supervisors" to show them a Power Point about unions. This was a secret meeting but some of us knew the reason beforehand.

Last week, Roger sends an e-mail notifying staffers of a "state of the newsroom" meeting with Cristy. He fails to mention the true reason for the meeting in the e-mail but succeeds in locking the doors when the meeting begins. Again Cristy bashes unions for an hour or two. This time management again fails to get the message across since not everyone was present.

Also, an interesting side note, both meetings were in the middle of the day as news was waiting to be reported. Those attended were on the clock. Interesting that the company will pay people to talk about us unionizing.

What have we learned from three and a half hours of secret, locked door meetings ... Cristy does not like unions.

So let me add this up. They lock the doors, have union bashing meetings for three hours and use a 20-year-old outdated playbook to persaude us to trust them. Doesn't sound like they are taking this too seriously. They are showing us absolutely no respect.