Reply #13: Welcome to DU. The IWW was my favorite.....

[socialist_n_TN]

old time union. Look up militant in the dictionary and there was the IWW. :) They were heroes to me as a kid and I'm SO glad to see them making a comeback.

To your post. You are right. Before I read the body of the post, my first response was going to be "FUCK illegal. Who cares?" After reading your post, you sir (or Ma'am) are correct. You've got to know the consequences.

I was a Boilermaker shop steward back in the early 70s at a shipyard down south. One of the subcontractors had a beef with company and did a wildcat strike and put up a picket line. MOST of the yard honored the line and didn't go in. When I was told that I had to ENCOURAGE the crossing of the picket line as a union official, I resigned the union position on the spot. BUT I DIDN'T CROSS THE PICKET LINE!

IOW, the OFFICIALS of the unions are constrained by laws. But the workers themselves aren't. Well, they're not if they're willing to go to jail.