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Unions don't owe their existence to labor laws. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded - and got - labor law. (pluralistic.net)

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[-] spooky2092 3 points 2 days ago

Don't forget the blood sweat and tears it took to get here, including being bombed by the US government in an attempt to strike break.

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