I often wonder if a wealthy individual (or several) encouraged the mob to infiltrate unions in the last century in order to destabilize them.
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grte@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Wow. Who knew that allowing wealthy individuals to purchase the means of disseminating information would result in that information favouring the views of that wealthy owner. I’m sure unlimited political donations doesn’t result in anything similar, either.
Freeposity@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
That’s always been a thing since the time of the Pinkertons and hasn’t changed.
Rockstar games was reported to have had a mole within the Glasgow software union they busted up by firing all of the workers. That jackass did it for extra time off apparently.
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 hours ago
They don’t even need to hire infiltrators. All they need is a few lawyers and some politicians in their pockets.
Freeposity@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Yeah but doing that doesn’t kill the reputation of the unions in the eyes of the workers.
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Well, the Supreme Court said money is speech, so I guess they think so.