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desultorypawn
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Novus
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 Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: Second day of nation wide oil price protest in Spain. |
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| Last time a strike like this happened in America Reagan threatened to draft the striking workers into the army. That crushed the Unions to a point that they never recovered from. There is a play book to stop this and it is rather ugly. The Unions would be wise to bargain rather than force the government's hand. |
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whatpeak
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: Re: Second day of nation wide oil price protest in Spain. |
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| Novus wrote: | | Last time a strike like this happened in America Reagan threatened to draft the striking workers into the army. That crushed the Unions to a point that they never recovered from. There is a play book to stop this and it is rather ugly. The Unions would be wise to bargain rather than force the government's hand. |
President Truman also threatened to draft workers when a railroad strike nearly paralyzed the nation after WWII. The legality of the action was questioned. This during a time when business was expecting compensation for losses during wartime, and veterans returing from the war seeking good paying jobs.
IMHO. If these days mark the end of suburbia, then the days during the Truman years marked the birth of suburbia. America's way of paying back its citizens. |
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