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Re:Hyperloop by theycallmemorty on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:13AM (#6205457)
Unions exist for a reason. Consider another large scale transportation project: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Panama_Canal
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Re:Hyperloop by jlgreco on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:39PM (#6206748)
Thank god unions protect us from malaria. /s

The death toll during the (later) American phase of construction was dramatically lower, not because of unions. Here is the article you are looking for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_measures_during_the_cons...

The "union solution" would have been to not dig the damn thing at all.

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