"Soon it became taken for granted than in any large shop where union-building was underway, at least one company spy was in the works somewhere.
Nobody, however, knew the extent of this spy operation. It was not until 1936,when the LaFollette Committee of the U.S. Senate initiated a two-year investigation of industrial espionage against labor unions, that it became clear what the industrial unionists had been up against. A nationwide network of professional spies and strikebreakers, employed by private agencies who sold their services to the most powerful corporations in the land at an annual cost of $80 million, had been operating night and day against union-minded men and women"
Them and Us
James J. Matles
James HIggins
United Electrical Radio,and Machine Workers of America
A web-based inflation calculator says this about $80 million in 1936, today...
"What cost $80000000 in 1936 would cost $1,382,846,372.63 in 2015.
Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2015 and 1936,
they would cost you $80000000 and $4698244.59 respectively."
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ <Even if this is halfway correct, it's too much
i.e.,Most likely they aren't spending a dollar less than that today.
Hint: If you are speaking with someone who says they are on the side of the people, but think it is a good idea to insult other people on your side using the arguments of the right, re-read the above.
It's certainly worthy considering whether they may have a dirty, filthy secret in their scab closet.
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