{"id":643,"date":"2013-04-09T05:50:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T05:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/?p=643"},"modified":"2020-04-12T04:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T04:58:21","slug":"whatever-happened-to-the-goldman-sachs-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/en\/whatever-happened-to-the-goldman-sachs-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever happened to the Goldman Sachs union?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"643\" class=\"elementor elementor-643\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-692ecaf1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"692ecaf1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fba6840\" data-id=\"4fba6840\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1ca71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d1ca71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Goldman-Sachs-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2956\" alt=\"Goldman Sachs Union\" srcset=\"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Goldman-Sachs-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Goldman-Sachs-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Goldman-Sachs.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387c452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"387c452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whatever happened to the Goldman Sachs Union?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-362a8a26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"362a8a26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The public face of the Goldman Sachs Japan Employee Union was Timothy Langley of Langley Esquire, a former U.S. lawyer who consulted the laid-off employees. He now admits that generating interest and public support was a &#8216;specific element of the negotiating approach to a reluctant Goldman Sachs.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople realized that not even a giant company like Goldman Sachs is above the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Read the full article by clicking on the link below:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2013\/04\/09\/issues\/whatever-happened-to-the-goldman-sachs-union\/#.XHd135P7Sb9\">https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2013\/04\/09\/issues\/whatever-happened-to-the-goldman-sachs-union\/#.XHd135P7Sb9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d80253b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d80253b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-272e4fe\" data-id=\"272e4fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2688c5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f2688c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341397e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341397e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you find yourself in a difficult situation with your employer, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/individual-support\/\">Individual Support<\/a> page to find out how we can help you. 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