Re:PG: “Any industry that still has unions has potential ene...
by jbuzbee on Sunday November 08, 2015 @08:48PM
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"Unless of course they start using force rather than negotiation, or begin to hold a monopoly"
But that's the typical form of negotiation from unions. Unions often take advantage of their exclusive/monopolistic access to a workplace - e.g. UAW workers, school teachers, police officers, etc. And as far as violence, good luck trying to work at an automotive plant if you're not in a union and a strike is going on. If you don't get beat up or your tires slashed, you'll at least be harassed and threatened just trying to make a living. I recall an instance growing up where union drivers fired a gun into a truck on the highway during a trucking strike. The truck was carrying explosives. The driver was instantly vaporized. No one was ever prosecuted for the murder. Par for the course in unions where I grew up.
Edit for reference (note my recollection about there being no prosecution was incorrect)
But that's the typical form of negotiation from unions. Unions often take advantage of their exclusive/monopolistic access to a workplace - e.g. UAW workers, school teachers, police officers, etc. And as far as violence, good luck trying to work at an automotive plant if you're not in a union and a strike is going on. If you don't get beat up or your tires slashed, you'll at least be harassed and threatened just trying to make a living. I recall an instance growing up where union drivers fired a gun into a truck on the highway during a trucking strike. The truck was carrying explosives. The driver was instantly vaporized. No one was ever prosecuted for the murder. Par for the course in unions where I grew up.
Edit for reference (note my recollection about there being no prosecution was incorrect)
http://mo.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.1...