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> Modern unions What's your definition of "modern"? It seems like most unions these days are doing a much better job than, say, Jimmy Hoffa's time.
by legitster 4y ago
> Modern unions
What's your definition of "modern"? It seems like most unions these days are doing a much better job than, say, Jimmy Hoffa's time.
- OkayPhysicist 4y agoInterestingly, the intermingling of organized crime and organized labor was a pretty symbiotic relationship. Crime Syndicates need an above-the-board way of targeting people and companies that step out of line, which the unions provided by stopping work. The unions need an under-the-table way of dealing with scabs, strikebreakers, and uncooperative management, which the mob provided with violence. Unions seeking out parallel power structures separate from the dominant government is a direct consequence of the government actively siding against labor at every turn.