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by grlass 1663 days ago
> I'm sure trillion dollar companies can pay for the best knowledge on union busting.

Indeed, Amazon have used the Pinkerton detective agency [1] against their employees to root out union activity. For those unfamiliar, the Pinkertons have existed in the US since the 1850s, with a history fraught with violence and questionable ethics, famously the Homestead strike of 1892 [2].

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-pinkerton-spies-worke...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike

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I did a research paper back in college on the homestead strike and haymarket riots. Strange to see Pinkerton is still around and unchanged.