Union Thuggery – Episode 29,862

UPDATE – 6:52 PM: Whoops. Had I only scrolled down a bit on the blog I’d see my co-blogger had already written about this. My bad! Long day, trying to catch up …

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Appalling:

King Electrical Services owner John King was shot by a person who appears to be from one of the many unions who have targeted his workers, Toledo News Channel 11 WTOL reports. King is the largest non-union electrical contractor company in the area of southeastern Michigan near the Ohio border.

He has a long history of being on the receiving end of union-related violence, and this case doesn’t appear to be any different. Before shooting him, the gunman etched the word β€œSCAB” into the side of King’s SUV.

The altercation started when King woke up late last Wednesday to find someone in his driveway. He described the intruder as a β€œsilhouette figure” because he didn’t see the person clearly enough to offer a description. The individual was attempting to vandalize his SUV. When King went outside his Lambertville, Mich., home to confront the person, the vandal shot him in the arm.

Labor unions have attempted, unsuccessfully, to organize King’s employees, and he has been subjected to one legal nightmare after another in the process.

β€œSince he’s been in business, in addition to the legal battles and verbal abuse, King’s company has been vandalized and threatened on numerous occasions,” LaborUnionReport.com reports. β€œUnfortunately, the vandalism has never stopped. This year alone, he’s had to report three incidents of damage to police. This doesn’t include the incidents of stalking he and his men have to go through while they’re working.

β€œIn one incident earlier this year, rocks were thrown through the front windows of his shop, one of which had the word β€˜kill’ written on it.”

And that’s not all.Β  Via Ed Morrissey comes this FoxNY affiliate report on what the CWA is advising its striking union workers to do to the non-union workers who have taken their places:

I’m sure the national media will be all over this in 3,2 … oh wait, the Tea Party wasn’t involved. Scratch that.

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