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For decades, labor unions have frequently been infiltrated by [[Communism|Communists]], which have used unions for the purposes of advancing Communism.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/7/labor-unions-and-communism/ Labor unions and Communism] at the ''Washington Times''</ref><ref>[http://www.trevorloudon.com/2014/02/red-unions-how-why-big-labor-leaders-betray-their-nation/ RED UNIONS: How & Why Big Labor Leaders Betray Their Nation]</ref> [[Organized crime]] has also infiltrated and corrupted labor unions over time.<ref>[https://www.unionfacts.com/article/crime-and-corruption/ Crime and Corruption]</ref><ref>[http://www.laborers.org/VAIRA_MEMO.html Organized Crime and the Labor Unions]</ref> Under the combined influence of Communism and organized crime, labor unions and their members have often resorted in cowardly fashion to threats (including death threats), intimidation and illegal acts of thuggery and violence to get their way during strike actions and other labor disputes, as well as when their corruption, inefficiency and deliberate incompetence is exposed and attempts to oppose and purge their radical positions and either reform the unions or rid them from businesses and public institutions are made.<ref>[https://www.unionfacts.com/article/crime-and-corruption/examples-of-union-threats-violence-and-intimidation/ Examples of Union Threats, Violence and Intimidation]</ref><ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/news/2011/11/07/labor-union-violence-in-america-a-brief-history/ Labor Union Violence in America: A Brief History]</ref><ref>[http://www.westernjournalism.com/a-liberal-history-of-union-thuggery-and-civil-rights-perversion/ A Liberal History of Union Thuggery and Civil Rights Perversion]</ref> Such actions by unions have served as an argument by their opponents for the abolition of labor unions entirely, not only as being outdated and unnecessary in today's society, but also because unions are seen as excuses for extortion (through forced union dues and taxes), corruption (including through forced compulsory membership and denial of work to anyone who refuses to join a union, as well as high labor prices charged for deliberately shoddy and substandard work) and political manipulation (through the Democrats and the [[Communist Party USA]]) and as havens for thugs, criminals and Communists.<ref>[http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-liberal/2011/11/congress-should-outlaw-all-unions-and-eventually-abolish-them-1399191.html Congress Should Outlaw All Unions and Eventually Abolish Them]</ref>