[steve19]

Yes, 100 years ago factory owners sure did (Ford being a classic example). More recently they have not.

Low level violence is frequently applied by strike workers today. I once worked (white color job) for a shipping company and we had one strike every couple of years, sometimes more than one in a year (stevedore and sailors were both unionized so there would be two separate negotiations, each of which inevitably ended in a week or two week strike).

Try driving through a picket line of stevedores and see what happens to your car. Actually don't, you will regret it. If they think you are a scab, you will be punched.

If a hardcore unionist calls you a scab, be scared. Its the worst insult they know, and its backed by extreme hatred.

As far as organized crime violence goes, I have no experience with that. I always assumed that was Sopranos fiction.

Unionism has done good things, but I don't believe it has a place in a high tech industry. What Uber needs is solid competition so that drivers can simply defect to a competitor.

[smadge]

> Unionism has done good things, but I don't believe it has a place in a high tech industry.

Since when was driving a car a high tech industry? Every industry uses high tech, but that doesn't mean they should be subjected to Silicon Valley's poor labor practices.

[te_chris]

Your position is privileged beyond belief. That you don't see that is both amusing and scary.

Uber is not in the tech industry, they're in the taxi industry, driving cars. This us/them elitism is the scourge of the tech industry. Just pray you don't become as expendable as the drivers are.