Re: Australian Elections Results
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Furthermore, they regularly used intimidation tactics, some illegal, on people and businesses who disagreed with their strikes or policies.
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Not confining trade union activity to Australia; there have been instances of the forementioned that I wholeheartedly support. See The Chartists, wiki or even the UK miners strike against Thatcher.
Certainly, it would be treacherous and downright stupid to condemn all instancs of illegal uses of force by workers against private power and government, certainly if we are to consider the full history of trade unionism.
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