It should be illegal for unions to strike except regarding safety issues. They have long outlived their usefulness. Lawyers happily replace the use of unions. The little man can find a lawyer to sue if he feels unfairly treated.
Take the California dock workers strike around 2002. They struck because 9 workers were going to be moved to different jobs because their obsolete jobs to were being removed due to automation. That strike put thousands of small businesses out of business, for 9 guys.
Take the Charleston Five: dock workers that were arrested for beating up cops. The cops were protecting non-union dock workers from the union guys that were trying to beat them up for unloading a ship for 1/4 the cost of the union workers.
There are hundreds of stories in the early 1900's as to why unions needed to exist. There are hundreds of stories in the late 1900's as to why unions need to go away.
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