publicity about Food Lion." It also calls Food Lion's corporatc campaign "esscntially a sophisticated method of' extortion" designed "to cause massive injury to Food Lion's business and reputation, and ultimately to drive Food Lion out of' business."
The Kamber Group defends its actions as being no more than normal public rclations services, writing press releases, purchasing advertising, and spinning journalists. Food Lion's complaint, however, quotes a remark by a Kamber executive published in a newspaper interview who said that the union campaign would continue against Food Lion "until they pay the going ratc or we will put them out of business." W Preventive Tactics
Guidelines for Constructing an In-House Mediation Program
The first installment of this two-part article published in last month's issue described thc process used a t Hughes Aircraft to develop a new in-house mediation program. This month we turn to describing general guidelines suggested f'or employcrs that wish to devclop such programs. The guidelines were created by Howard A. Simon and Yaroslav Sochynksy, partners in the San Francisco law firm I,andels, Riplcy & Diamond.