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		ineedasername on March 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers There is a great deal of history where, yes, physical force & violence was used to break strikes. [0] <-- Just one example. [1] <-- another. [2][3] <-- more. The union labor movement is not at its most popular right now either. There'd be a lot more people rooting for the government right now. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike#The_strike's_... [1] https://www.britannica.com/event/Pullman-Strike [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

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