My dad had his life threatened by union workers for working overtime on a job he was overseeing installation of (robotics engineer). They told him to stop working because he was making them look bad (he was working well into the night because he was away from home and had nothing better to do, plus that's just who he is).
He thought they were joking, ignored them. They came back with muscle and told him in no uncertain terms to put down his wrench or they would beat him.
This happened while he was working away from home when I was learning how to walk.
I run a business right now, and have run several others. I would rather shut the doors to my businesses than be strongarmed by union thugs. I know I'm not alone in this.
Ideologically, unionism isn't necessarily horrible. Practically, it involves all sorts of illegal activity that is forgiven because of labor relations. There are a ton of legal exemptions in place for unions in the US.
I don't know why I even got into this conversation, but I wanted to make it clear that there are plenty of business owners that would rather offer zero jobs and make less money themselves than offer a single job to a unionized worker.
He thought they were joking, ignored them. They came back with muscle and told him in no uncertain terms to put down his wrench or they would beat him.
This happened while he was working away from home when I was learning how to walk.
I run a business right now, and have run several others. I would rather shut the doors to my businesses than be strongarmed by union thugs. I know I'm not alone in this.
Ideologically, unionism isn't necessarily horrible. Practically, it involves all sorts of illegal activity that is forgiven because of labor relations. There are a ton of legal exemptions in place for unions in the US.
I don't know why I even got into this conversation, but I wanted to make it clear that there are plenty of business owners that would rather offer zero jobs and make less money themselves than offer a single job to a unionized worker.