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Management refused the ploy. It simply hired scabs and plodded on. Unable to control them, the international union eventually abandoned the strikers. Most of them lost their jobs, and some -- weeping -- turned scab. The movie has much to say about the limits of hyped confrontation as a means of settling issues. But the true power of American Dream lies elsewhere. It derives from the access Kopple gained to the union's inner circles and the lives of its leaders, their rank-and-file followers and opponents. We watch horrified as these good people -- embracing passions they cannot control -- rush toward...
...while unions may have an important role to play in protecting workers, Harvard union sympathizers should think again before yelling "scab" or "union buster." Although idealized as a force for the good of labor, there is a dark side to America's unions. And to the Daily News unions in particular...
...practices such as these that have soured many American workers' views of unions. Violence against non-union workers is common in labor disputes, especially when unions are on strike. And the threat of violence against "scab" workers who cross picket lines necessitates the use of police to rule out such violence, costing taxpayers large amounts of money...
What about the other papers? News-day? The Post? What about The Daily News? Any word on whether he bought the scab paper during the strike...
...team was not expected to be a contender. But the Americans came on strong during the compulsory round, finishing less than half a point behind the East Germans. What happened next will nag at Americans in Games to come, much the way that sports fans still pick at the scab that remains from a 1972 wound, when the U.S. basketball team lost the gold to the Soviets in a disputed final few seconds of play...