Asa Hutchinson: “My company, Manno Electric, Inc., became a target for salting in July 1992. We are a small firm, founded in 1972, and…”

“My company, Manno Electric, Inc., became a target for salting in July 1992. We are a small firm, founded in 1972, and based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our business has been family-owned and operated for the past 24 years and now has annual sales of approximately $1 million and an average work force of 25 employees. In July 1992, I hired five union members during a peak work time and laid them off when their jobs were completed in mid-August 1992. Immediately, the union filed a ULP charge claiming they were laid off because of their union affiliation. To date, I have paid my attorney over $75,000 for my defense and have been ruled guilty on all charges by an administrative law judge who proudly professed he formerly represented the auto union and touted the high percentage of success in union litigation. But these are the kinds of situations that these small companies are facing.”