The other flip side of the coin, true story. My cousin & I were members in a Boston construction union (no names) for many years as were our uncles. At meetings we spoke against corruption, extortion & embbezzlement by the union officials, I found that pickets lines had been set up only to be used to suck money out of non union contractors, we were beaten & blackballed then found out that there were dicussions on putting out contracts on us, (how insulting we were seen as not worth the trouble). We sued & won (no money) officials went to prison under the Rico Act (orginized crime tool), all this because someone wanted to make an extra buck off the back of someon eonly trying to make ends meat. None spoke in our favor, there were few who helped behind the scenes, we were saw as scum, some secretly said thanks but couldn't do more than that & 15 yrs later the only ones who are better off are my cousin & me. Today there is something terribly wrong with the relationship between boss & worker. Who protects the laborer from his rep. now that most don't need the protection against vicious employers. I don't sing union songs anymore, after almost 2 decades around them I don't see them improving only becoming more of a social disease that needs curing. Lepke Baluker (sp?) took hold of the garement unions in the late 30's & then Muder Inc. took over (Lepke being head official) docks, since then a wound has been festering that no one wants to exam. Barry