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And any true liberal should oppose union efforts to stop people selling their own labor as they see fit. Even George McGovern supports the workers rights movement - real workers rights, not just the right to be treated like chattell by union barons.

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Not really, though. Just talking nonsense to get people to click. Of course I support unions, and laws that enforce solidarity and promote union membership. Scabs are a category of people that I genuinely despise. I'm impressed that all the responses have been positive. It's more or less a fact that a society with free trade unions and the legal infrastructure to let them function invariably has a better standard of living for the majority of people.