[dylan604]

I used quotes because I was quoting my flatmate. She said their demeanor was not welcoming at all, and it felt very aggressive. I kind of wish I was there just so I could have told them what I thought, but spilled milk and what not.

[RobertoG]

Not saying this is the case, but it occurs to me... that would be a good way to sabotage the start of an union. Just send some aggressive people posing like members of the union.

[_jal]

It is, and there's evidence that has happened in the US.

The Pinkertons have been busting unions for over a century - they have pretty much explored the full range of options for worker suppression available to capital.

False flags can be a powerful tool (but becoming less so, as surveillance makes deniability harder).

[refurb]

Ahh... of course. Employers use dirty tactics and if unions do, it’s because it’s employers trying to sabotage them.

No way a union could ever use dirty tricks too. But of course they might because they were forced to by their employers?

[kergonath]

How many documented instances of unionised militants trying to bully workers into joining?

History is full of private interests using the full might of the state and any trick they can think of to prevent unions.

So yeah, one is more likely than the other.