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by 0xbadcafebee 1429 days ago
We have a very long history of killing each other over unions. Union violence has been committed as recent as 2018-2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_violence_in_the_United_S... / https://listverse.com/2017/09/14/10-tragic-times-the-us-gove... / https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/themine... / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Labor_Wars / https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/219

In the 1970's Reagan ushered in an era of busting unions and they have been declining ever since. Ironic as Reagan in his youth had actually fought for unions.

https://medium.com/the-future-of-labor-unions/ronald-reagans... / https://medium.com/the-future-of-labor-unions/why-has-union-...

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> We have a very long history of killing each other over unions. Union violence has been committed as recent as 2018-2021.

Numbers are really, really low here, if you compare them to owners' lead violence, especially committed by police.