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In reply to the discussion: VW threatens to block any future expansion plans in the South, citing conservative interference [View all]packman
(16,296 posts)and it was a painful experience. No income, wife had to get a part-time job, borrowing money to live, credit card run-up.
No strike is sunshine and roses. I can remember the scabs climbing over a hill , going thru woods and entering via back doors. I can remember the anger I felt toward them. I can recall one ass-hole saying with a shit-eating grin that the union got him his raise and double time because he went in while we were walking the line.
Piss on your friend. He should have stayed out and been united with his co-workers. Paying bills is how they have the middle class by the balls. By going in he weakened both himself in the future and the workers . He was nothing more than a strike breaker and if he had bills to pay he should have quit and gotten another non-union job. Fuck him.
Tell me, did your friend refuse the raises or benefits accrued from that strike?