Why haven't american workers woken up?

[RockaFowler]

6. I think you nailed it

This has been the calculated strategy of the right for so long now. Break the unions and the workers will have no other recourse.

Heck I remember a few years ago a union was trying to come in to Comcast here in Florida. That day Comcast sent an individual from corporate to speak to all of us about how bad the unions really are. We didn't even get to talk to a union representative at that time. They made most of the workers fear for their jobs so much that most of us dropped the idea. It wasn't a pretty day there. But Comcast got their point across. They wanted to make sure we did not revolt against their imperial ways. Soon after they did this "switch" with Adelphia cable and all of us became Adelphia employees (with less benefits mind you) and we all lost our seniority. If we would have had a union I doubt the switch ever would have taken place.