When did we forget our
history, the Haymarket riots and Ford’s thugs, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory,
coal mines and child labor? I guess we’ll find out if history repeats itself.
If it does, I am not looking forward to the burning sweat shops, collapsing
mines, children’s grubby faces. But maybe I’m wrong and the leopard will change
its spots, industrial capitalists will have a sudden change of heart and place
the wellbeing of workers over profits. They’ll scour there workplace for
dangerous working conditions before accidents happen. They’ll place worker satisfaction
as high on the agenda of productivity. Women and minorities will get equal pay.
Corporations will consider you in their decision making process. We will not
need more Norma Rae’s. The next Grapes of Wrath will not need to be written. A
film like On the Waterfront, will not need to be made. There will be no work
for another Upton Sinclair. So when the next union shuts down, don’t linger
here. Go about your business, if you know what’s good for you.
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