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by aloisdg 1656 days ago
Not OP, but I believe they should be legal in the case of a protest/strike lead by union members.
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The constant underhanded tactics are the exact reason joining a union is immoral.
> The constant underhanded tactics

They are also the reason many corporations are immoral.

Or: most unions are legitimately just trying to improve the situation for their workers, and many business owners have a conscience and weigh more than profits in their business decisions. It’s mostly the mega-wealthy who have become disconnected from normal humans and give us these Snidely Whiplash characterizations that ultimately paint both sides with a bad brush.

Enterprise businesses are a majority of the workforce and drive trends that are followed by small businesses.
IMO a union's primary purpose is to provide counterbalance against disparity in a greater game of power.
Reminder that this attack comes from users on reddit's r/antiwork sub, not union workers.
A DDoS is a pandemic friendly remote way to join a union lead strike.
What are they doing? I was under impression that american unions are kinda toothless.

Is it worse than what kelloggs is doing, spending money to replace striking workers rather than giving them a raise?

Fighting fire with fire. By the actor in the weaker position.

Maybe it's the Scots Borderer in me, but it warms my heart.

Employer underhanded tactics are so common it's an SOP.
Legal lawbreaking is such a stupid concept. Have people forgotten that civil disobedience is purposely breaking the law for good reason? God it's like an entire generation forgot how to be rebels when they grew up -- "Oh I'm sorry could you pretty please let me protest you."
Isn't part of civil disobedience that you understand there will be negative legal consequences for your actions, but you do them anyway? What I see a bunch of today is people saying "yeah I broke the law but I should be immune from the consequences because blah blah blah".