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Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1163545&srvc=home&position=1

Sources yesterday described an heated and acrimonious mood in the meeting between representatives of 13 Globe unions and Times and Globe executives who presented the deadline threat. They spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the climate at the newspaper.

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(Shrug) I still don't see any "union busting".

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Originally posted by no1marauder
(Shrug) I still don't see any "union busting".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_busting

Lockouts
Employers may put pressure on a union by declaring a lockout, a work stoppage in which an employer prevents employees from working. A lockout changes the psychological impact of a work stoppage and, if the company possesses information about an impending strike, can be enacted prior to the strike's implementation.[44]

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Originally posted by no1marauder
(Shrug) I still don't see any "union busting".
The Union likes to claim they are responsible for the conditions of the employees when they're going well, when these conditions start going backwards the union is going to have to take responsibility for that as well.

Fact is, prosperity is what makes conditions keep improving, and when the union "wins" a shorter working week this comes at a cost somewhere else, i.e. reduced base rate, reduced medical, etc, the union does not create anything except another layer of parasites.

It is why we see such desperate moves as compulsory membership and efforts to shut down any voices of dissent.

http://guam.mvarietynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5489:cruz-bill-20-will-die-a-timely-death&catid=1:guam-local-news&Itemid=2

Best move of my life stepping away from that union shop environment.