Reply #30: why we needed unions in the first place

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"But I believe we are very near the point where the frustration of the working poor and newly unemployed may erupt in acts of violence the likes of which haven't been seen in this country since the earliest days of the labor movement."

Unions were essential to protect worker's rights. Now, with unions on the decline, corporations are back to their old tricks again - but now perhaps much worse. Profiteering is an acceptable practice particularly in a Repug administration. Management uses the globalization issue as a one-way reason for lowering worker's wages/benefits. But it also means more profits and higher wages for the chiefs. It's just like shrubs reasoning: in order to cope with the terrorists, we need to limit your freedoms some more.

Unions built this country - republicans destroyed it.