cyu@sh.itjust.works to unions@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoOnce-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression. Violence was met with violence. Bosses had to hire armed guards as they scurried between their estates and their fancy parties.pluralistic.netexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10cross-posted to: iwwunion@lemmy.mlunions@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkOnce-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression. Violence was met with violence. Bosses had to hire armed guards as they scurried between their estates and their fancy parties.pluralistic.netcyu@sh.itjust.works to unions@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square2linkfedilinkcross-posted to: iwwunion@lemmy.mlunions@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarejagged_circlelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months ago once-illegal They’re basically illegal today since Taft Hartley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft–Hartley_Act
They’re basically illegal today since Taft Hartley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft–Hartley_Act