One of the Reasons is what happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York in 1911 (the link will take you to Professor Douglas Linder's website from UMKC - excellent collection of important/famous cases throughout history). I remember reading the words of Triangle Factory fire in history class in high school, but never really got what it was I was reading about - I knew it was bad - I didn't realize the purpose behind the story.
I believe in unions, but I believe unions need to be vocal only when necessary, and basically be a strong, silent enforcer outside that.
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I remember the triangle fire, that and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, great reasons unions exist. In auditing Union plans I found, many Union officials turn out to be drunk on power and just as jerky as the employers. I agree they are necessary, but when they get bad, they are really bad.
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