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Balaclavas and Jackboots

Private security armies on the picket lines

by Brit Griffin
HighGrader Magazine March/April 2001

The days of the Pinkertons may be back. At the turn of the last century, the Pinkerton "detective" agency was a strike-breaking army for hire. Companies regularly turned to companies like the Pinkertons for muscle in dealing with labour unrest. But that was the bad old days of labour relations, right? Wrong. What is becoming increasingly common in Canada, and has been a 'standard' company response in the US for almost two decades, is a militant response to union activity. The modern version of "muscle for hire" are the private security forces being brought in to protect company interests during strikes...

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This Action is about the frustration and intimidation brought on by Accu-Fax and the attack on organized labour by the Harris Government. Weather it be Miners in Falconbridge, or Day Care workers in Toronto. We have to send a strong message, that we are organized and we will not put up with their intimidation tactics. All any of us are fighting for, is a fair contract.

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