Reply #18: For a union to have any power requires solidarity not only among its members, but with the public. [View All]

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Discouraging replacement labor from stepping up and filling the jobs of fired striking workers is where the thug imagery enters in.

It's especially difficult to combat the risk of wholesale replacement when unemployment is high and many are eager to take work.

If you can do it with consciousness raising, that's preferable.

If you must do it with other means, that's terrible public relations.