The issue in the strike was whether employers were entitled to use non-union labour.
Plants were moved to rural areas and hired non-union labor.
Thousands of armed soldiers protected non-union labour and arrested strike leaders.
The impact that unions have on the contracts of non-union labor is also frequently overlooked.
Furthermore, industry will not be allowed to employ non-union labour.
Construction unions like the Wicks law because they believe it keeps public works from general contractors who might use non-union labor.
In 1890 the government was brought down over its use of the militia to protect non-union labour during the maritime strike.
Since the 1930's, the South has used the promise of low costs, non-union labor and economic incentives to lure manufacturing plants.
But because the Indiana plant uses non-union labor, union demonstrators picketed the site.
So the bill would catch the small, often minority contractors who build and renovate housing with non-union labor.