PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to unions@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoUnions don't owe their existence to labor laws. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded - and got - labor law.pluralistic.netexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down10cross-posted to: pluralistic@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkUnions don't owe their existence to labor laws. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded - and got - labor law.pluralistic.netPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to unions@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: pluralistic@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squarespooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoDon’t forget the blood sweat and tears it took to get here, including being bombed by the US government in an attempt to strike break.
Don’t forget the blood sweat and tears it took to get here, including being bombed by the US government in an attempt to strike break.