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Re:Audi's unions demand electric model for main German plant by velodrome on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @01:09PM (#13988382)
> Employers were not willing to give those concessions without a fight.

Today, they don't have to fight. They can offshore, outsource, or automate your job. There are a lot more options these days then there were back then...

Re:Audi's unions demand electric model for main German plant by valarauca1 on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @01:38PM (#13988698)
Not really.

These all boil down to the same thing. Firing the offending laborer. So really we haven't advanced far since the 1850's.

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This is why Anti-Unionists get so pissy about Unions blocking people from being fired. It removes the main power owners have over their workers.