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um... what? Finish your thought.
by Nicksil 5y ago
um... what? Finish your thought.
- sokoloff 5y agoOK, since you asked: Why did their membership in a union not preclude this outcome, given that one of the purported benefits of unions is to prevent such outcomes?
- goodpoint 5y agoThis is like asking "why did greenpeace not preclude climate change". Because that behavior is widespread across the whole industry, across many countries and across 4/5 decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeat_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeat_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal Unions, just like any other non-governative organization, are just as powerful as people support them.