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Do you recommend any resources that I can read regarding the defanging of unions?
by cced 6y ago
Do you recommend any resources that I can read regarding the defanging of unions?
- DevX101 6y agoI don't study this academically so don't have any good sources offhand. But the history of union busting has a long history in this country. In the 1890s steel workers tried to unionize and strike and Andrew Carnergie sent in the Pinkerton's (private precursor to today's FBI) to spy on the unions and break up strikes. They'd do this violently and many people got killed. Today it's less physically violent, but if you get a job as a floor worker at a big company like Walmart, you've got mandatory videos about how terrible unions are. And yes, you will be fired if the word 'union' comes out your mouth on company property.
- mountainboot 6y agoNot just floor workers.
- _jal 6y agoIt isn't quite what you're asking for, but _A History of America in Ten Strikes_ by Eric Loomis is a great book of the general history of American labor. The telling of the stories includes a lot of the strategy and tactics, legal and otherwise, of busting unions down to where they are now. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078XKHSSB https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078XKHSSB