BA> Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Tom Walker:

 TW>>> Well through Intimidation and out and out Black mail,
 TW>>> assisted by a little Criminal Activity, they have gained
 TW>>> those Belifits.

 BK>>  So, you consider negotiating "criminal activity"?
Why are you so
 BK>> opposed to working people earning a decent living?

 BA> You consider destruction of property and intentional
 BA> sabotage of equipment to be 'negotiating?'  That sort of
 BA> thing was quite common when the CWA went out on strike
 BA> against the Bell System.

 You claim all unions engage in sabatoge? And was it "common" in
 the sense that every union member did it? Or even a majority or
 just a fairly small number?

 BA> You also consider threats of bodily harm to be legitimate
 BA> union organizing tactics.  That sort of thing *is* quite
 BA> common in most union organizing efforts, particularly when
 BA> peer pressure doesn't seem to be working.

 It is? And you have some evidence to back that up? And since
 when do the majority of workers have to kowtow to the pressure
 of anyone? Esp when electons are secret? If secret elections
 don't make a difference, then why bother, just sign the card and
 the union is in.

 I have belonged to IBEW, CWA, and now USWA, and I have never
 witnessed any form of intimidation against anyone in any union
 activity.

 I have never known sabatoge to be approved by any union
 official.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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