Google hired union-busting consultants to convince employees “unions suck”

Re:Google hired union-busting consultants to convince employ... by chrisseaton on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @11:54AM (#29909332)

That was in the 1920s - that's not something I'm legitimately worried about.

But it is a routine occurrence to have picket lines in industrial disputes today, and to deliberately harass people who choose to go into work.

In the coal mining strikes in the UK in the 80s it got to the point where union members literally killed a taxi driver for taking a worker past a picket line.

Google aren't going to kill an Uber driver for taking me to work at Facebook instead.

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Re:Google hired union-busting consultants to convince employ... by pydry on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:00PM (#29909434)

Google would absolutely employ violence to defend its profits if it felt that its profits were seriously under threat and it thought violence was a viable tactic. It isnt. It's very far away from that. These things are a nuisance to them no more.

The united fruit company paid for paramilitaries to assassinate strikers in Central America.

This is a world away from dropping a brick on a taxi because your livelihood is under threat.

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