| Thanks for illustrating my point. It's not a binary, it's limited thinking to say that someone is "pro-labor" or "anti-labor". Even that choice of words, framing the narrative and the associated emotional response is deliberate - and misleading. Each situation is different, for example, I think you'd be pretty hard-pressed to find a majority of "right" voters who believe that coal miner unions are a bad idea. I think it'd be pretty easy to find a majority of them who believe that the NEA does more harm than good. But it's a lot easier to just lump everyone together and demonize them, right? To find a few tragic examples of abuses to maximize outrage reaction, and make sure everyone is properly corralled into their tribes and casting the "correct" vote, so we can show those nasty out-groupers what's what. In case you were curious, the distribution of political leaning in unions is a lot more complex than what you might think [1]. If someone asks me whether I believe in unions, depending on the day and how hungry I am I'd likely respond with something like "which union? which industry?", though I don't consider myself to be "right". I am skeptical of laws that both protect and prevent unions, though. I think people should be free to assemble in whatever manner they choose, and to negotiate the same way. I also understand that this gets really complicated when strikes or mass-firings threaten fundamental infrastructure and security. So, like most things - it's complicated. [1] https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/complicated-p... |