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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by omarchowdhury on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:02PM (#21984171)
> but not okay for employees to band together to get paid what they're worth?

Does not Facebook also retain the right to hire employees willing to take less?

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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by unapologetic on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:52PM (#21984675)
That's why we need to fight right to work laws.

If the entire staff is unionized and ready to fight, facebook can't just hire outside staff. Too much knowledge.

Also the historical union attitude towards scab labour is another way to prevent this.

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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by wang_li on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:58PM (#21984767)
>Also the historical union attitude towards scab labour is another way to prevent this.

You mean violence? This is one of the reasons many people don't like unions.

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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by unapologetic on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:21PM (#21985746)
Yes, I do mean violence.

Employers have also heavily utilized violence. Then they turned to the law and misinformation.

Violence is a last resort.

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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by wang_li on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:09PM (#21986246)
> Employers have also heavily utilized violence.

According to Wikipedia (not definitive I know) anti-union violence ended in the 1950s. Justifying current day violence with cites to events 70 years ago is absurd.

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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by friendlybus on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:29PM (#21985822)
Advocating for violence is the one thing you can't do with free speech in the West. Everybody apologizes for that.
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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by unapologetic on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:39PM (#21985907)
Incorrect. Advocating for direct violent action is illegal.

Indirectly, saying that violence can be justifiable depending on circumstance, etc... all legal.

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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by friendlybus on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:14PM (#21986300)
You supported your statement that scabs should be physically stopped by advocating for violence. I don't see how you get out of this.
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