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The cops know their union is different, it is a pact with the elite to keep the rabble down, which is why they are virtually immune to the law. They feel no sol

The cops know their union is different, it is a pact with the elite to keep the rabble down, which is why they are virtually immune to the law. They feel no solidarity with any other union, and in fact know their union exists because others are not allowed to form.

Kostchei 4y ago
maybe in the US, but this is not universal and Amazon is a global behemoth. For sure, right-wing conservative politicians are birthed within police services (exhibit 1 peter dutton), and support for conservative gov feels natural for police (pact with the rich and all that), but there is a lot of groundswell left-wing within the active union members- support for communal good etc. I've been the guy in uniform who turned up to negotiate a peaceful settlement to a transport dispute. I'm not sure why the inspector picked me to go inside the picket with him, but once there we both ended up dealing with the union. My starting points were "you want an outcome, some of this is private property, some is a road under the traffic act, but irrespective, nobody wants an injury" (trucks driving over people in the picket seemed distinctly possible) and "I'm a union guy"- which an inspector is not really (they have a separate commissioned officer union which .. is. .not like a union ) We didn't move anybody in the picket. Management acknowledged the petition. Business resumed later that day and no-one got runover. Over the next 18 months there were investigations, in various states including ours, that identified breaches of transport acts, OHS etc, by some of the contracting companies- and a couple of directors got fined. And going on, general issues with trucking law enforcement , fatigue management etc had an impact on normalising the laws across the states. (ie the transport unions had a valid point about problems in the industry) So I'd say, don't expect police to go heavy against unions, you may be disappointed. 15 years exp. YMMD outside Australia

Kostchei 4y ago

maybe in the US, but this is not universal and Amazon is a global behemoth. For sure, right-wing conservative politicians are birthed within police services (exhibit 1 peter dutton), and support for conservative gov feels natural for police (pact with the rich and all that), but there is a lot of groundswell left-wing within the active union members- support for communal good etc. I've been the guy in uniform who turned up to negotiate a peaceful settlement to a transport dispute. I'm not sure why the inspector picked me to go inside the picket with him, but once there we both ended up dealing with the union. My starting points were "you want an outcome, some of this is private property, some is a road under the traffic act, but irrespective, nobody wants an injury" (trucks driving over people in the picket seemed distinctly possible) and "I'm a union guy"- which an inspector is not really (they have a separate commissioned officer union which .. is. .not like a union ) We didn't move anybody in the picket. Management acknowledged the petition. Business resumed later that day and no-one got runover. Over the next 18 months there were investigations, in various states including ours, that identified breaches of transport acts, OHS etc, by some of the contracting companies- and a couple of directors got fined. And going on, general issues with trucking law enforcement , fatigue management etc had an impact on normalising the laws across the states. (ie the transport unions had a valid point about problems in the industry) So I'd say, don't expect police to go heavy against unions, you may be disappointed. 15 years exp. YMMD outside Australia