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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1052631" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>It doesn't help when anti-labor laws have been passed - continuously - since the 1970's, culminating in the nadir period for labor under Reagan when he broke PATCO. Additionally, companies have gotten smarter, meaner, and bolder in how they handle union campaigns. Quite frankly, companies do not fear the NLRB. In a recent attempt to unionize a Miller Brewing plant in Shenandoah Valley in VA, the company told employees that if they voted to be represented by the Teamsters, their wages would be set to $0.00/hour. Completely illegal, mind you - the company would be required to pay the Federal minimum wage, at least - but the objective of captive audience meetings is to scare employees into voting against their own interests. </p><p></p><p>Additionally, the sheer volume of misinformation circulated and cultural biases in the South against labor ("Gotta do what I can to help the bossman!" and/or the Jim Crow era anti-labor sentiments against unions that sought to end segregation) have kept that number low. </p><p></p><p>Real wages have remained stagnant since the 1980's. Union density has also gone down during that period. Wage and income disparity have grown to obscene levels during the Great Recession. Coincidence? I think not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1052631, member: 42270"] It doesn't help when anti-labor laws have been passed - continuously - since the 1970's, culminating in the nadir period for labor under Reagan when he broke PATCO. Additionally, companies have gotten smarter, meaner, and bolder in how they handle union campaigns. Quite frankly, companies do not fear the NLRB. In a recent attempt to unionize a Miller Brewing plant in Shenandoah Valley in VA, the company told employees that if they voted to be represented by the Teamsters, their wages would be set to $0.00/hour. Completely illegal, mind you - the company would be required to pay the Federal minimum wage, at least - but the objective of captive audience meetings is to scare employees into voting against their own interests. Additionally, the sheer volume of misinformation circulated and cultural biases in the South against labor ("Gotta do what I can to help the bossman!" and/or the Jim Crow era anti-labor sentiments against unions that sought to end segregation) have kept that number low. Real wages have remained stagnant since the 1980's. Union density has also gone down during that period. Wage and income disparity have grown to obscene levels during the Great Recession. Coincidence? I think not. [/QUOTE]
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