Oh no, anyway just a reminder that all unionization and striking was illegal until unions killed enough US military troops to force congress to recognize the bare minimum of workers rights and enshrined them in law. The reason it is illegal for your boss to lock you in a factory for an indefinite period of time at gun point is because your ancestors killed a lot of us army soldiers that were ordered to force us citizens to work or shoot them.
Oh no, anyway just a reminder that all unionization and striking was illegal until unions killed enough US military troops to force congress to recognize the bare minimum of workers rights and enshrined them in law. The reason it is illegal for your boss to lock you in a factory for an indefinite period of time at gun point is because your ancestors killed a lot of us army soldiers that were ordered to force us citizens to work or shoot them.
when/what was this, knew the police did this but never heard of soldiers being ordered to
Battle of Blair mountain and the west Virginia coal wars in general are the largest and most egregious examples.