Google for “union violence.” (Click this link.)
Have him watch “On the Waterfront.” It’s based on a real priest.
Just rent Hoffa
Why did you abdicate your responsibility to teach your children the difference between right and wrong?
And having abdicated that responsibility, why are you now surprised at the mess you have on your hands?
I looked up “union terror tactics” on google, and once past the “google bombs” from socialist sites like indymedia, I found some of the following:
http://nj.npri.org/nj98/07/power&privilege.htm
Also look up “National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation”.
http://www.nrtwc.org/nl-2.html
Just out of curiousity, how old is your son?
Tell him to watch the Sopranos.
Any large library is likely to have books written in past decades that can shed light on this period of history for you to share with your son if that is what he wants to see. I’m sure some historical museums would have exhibits about deaths and such if you are near an area where the violence occurred. Books or movies (even on YouTube) particularly as it relates to Chicago History, for instance, could get you started as well.
The poster who suggested the google search was right. If you Google a few keyword together you can usually find a lot of information from usually pretty reputable sources. You can print out historical documents, and/or photos to show him, too.
Just as a little side note; as the son and nephew of proud Marines, there is no such thing as an ex-Marine. You are always a Marine, but you may not be active duty. That was drilled in to my head by my father, and he got in any one’s face who called him an “ex-Marine”.
I can also tell you as someone who has testified in both Federal Court and before panels of the National Labor Relations Board, and been deponed numerous times by NLRB officers, that the current Union certification process is already very heavily slanted in favor of Big Labor. The NLRB never saw a Union certification election they didn't like, and they go to very great lengths to make sure that ONLY the people the Unions want in the bargaining unit are included in the election -- provided it helps their cause.
Your son doesn't know, because it is very well hidden from the rank-and-file just how thoroughly radicalized the American Labor movement is at the top: visit my homepage to get the story of my own epiphany. Believe me when I tell you that if the SEIU or NEA (probably the most radical of the Unions) came out tomorrow and called for the violent overthrow of the US Government in favor of a Communist Dictatorship, the only surprise in their announcement would be that they've finally gone public.
Your son is being used, just as I was.
As non union people who work in many union situations, I could give you a raft of stories where we have suffered intimidation, interference, threats of violence, and damage at the hands of the union. If you want first hand stories, freepmail me.
If that doesn't open his eyes that will be something.
Another issue with unions is that they take an adversarial approach to dealings with a company in order to wring more benefits from a company.
Through strikes, intimidation and other union tactics, they hold a company over the barrel until they force them to submit.
This submission by the company removes market forces from the equation, and the costs of doing business are no longer driven by the market, but are instead driven by intimidation, emotion and a variety of other factors that have nothing to do with market forces of supply an demand.
These costs of increased wages and benefits are simply passed on to the consumer, where market forces WILL take effect. The company then is faced with having to produce a product or service that is unsustainable in the face of market forces, and consumers will not buy the same (or sometimes inferior product) at an increased price, and the company will do poorly, often going out of business. This is one of the key reasons the US Steel Industry went belly up in the Sixties and Seventies, because they refused to modernize (which would have required fewer people to produce the same amount of steel) The unions were not interested in staying competitive with a market, they were interested PRIMARILY with increasing wages and benefits while ensuring no jobs were lost.
The Japanese did not have the same kinds of issues, because their unions are not the same as our unions. Their unions work WITH the company. Our unions work AGAINST the company.
The UAW is going to ensure that the US auto industry goes the same route as the US Steel industry. And the same thing is going to happen to the autoworkers.
The people in charge at the unions are going to pull up their tents, shrug their shoulders and say “Sorry folks, we tried! The evil company would rather fold than meet our demands, so...you all have a good life and all...Bye!” They will find some other unionized industry to get involved in.
Union members love to point out that the higher wages enjoyed by many people are due to their efforts. It is also worth noting that the higher prices paid by all of us for damn near everything that comes out of a unionized industry is also due to their efforts. Too many of them view their unions as operating in a vacuum, but they don’t. If a company has to pay higher prices to a truckers union, you think they are just going to eat those profits? If an electricians union sets a floor on wages for their members, do you think any of us as homeowners don’t simply pay more for those services?
Gone with the Wind?
Back in the 60’s GE was a big employer in CNY. If you didn’t join the union the goons would mess with your food or slit your car tires...
...I joined. Pretty sure it was the IBEW. Anyway I blamed them for driving GE down south...they were always wildcatting. As far as I’m concerned the union drove the company out of town.
It was always an us v. them... “they can’t make us do that” BS. The company nor it foreman were never unreasonable imo.
At the time we were paid good money to do boring repetitious work btw the conditions weren’t bad either.