The first unions were workers holding their employers hostage. The workers would come in and use violent means to prevent the business from operating until their demands were met.
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I know all the Union history my pops and uncles and grandfather when he was alive have told me how wild shit was back in the day. Wish I was alive back then I would have been a bull on these jobs lol. They used to set the portajohns on fire if they weren’t clean. My Uncle got fired once for holding a guy out side of a building from like 20 floors up until he apologized. He was out working on a different job the next day. 🤣