VW threatens to block any future expansion plans in the South, citing conservative interference

[JDPriestly]

227. Yes. Workers who scab on strikes are the true free-loaders in our country. They think they are

entitled to the benefits of a strike without having sacrificed and demonstrated the solidarity that makes a strike so effective.

I remember some years ago in Los Angeles grocery union members went on strike. Many, many consumers refused to cross the picket lines. That is what made the strike effective. So it isn't just members of the union who need to respect a strike. Workers do not forgo paychecks and miss payments for trivial matters. Strikes are serious business and should be respected by all who want a 40-hour week, overtime, a minimum wage and all the working conditions that people now think are guaranteed by the government. For nearly every one of those working conditions now secured by a law passed in a legislature, some union worker sacrificed a long time ago. None of it came easily. None of it was free. Every improvement in the workplace was fought for.