# Ohio Issue 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 1, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-issue-2/601514 "2011-11-01T16:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-issue-2/601514/161 "2011-11-11T20:51:45Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > According to Wikipedia, China has “1,713,000 primary trade union organizations.” That’s what you get for believing wikipedia. In fact, real unions are banned in China, and the unions they have are run by the government. Strikes - and there have been strikes - are organized by workers and opposed by unions. [Times article on Honda strike.](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/business/global/11strike.html?pagewanted=all) > [@](#): > > Striking workers at a Honda auto parts plant here are demanding the right to form their own labor union, something officially forbidden in China, and held a protest march Friday morning. Not surprising that Communists claim they have and support unions. Also not surprising that they are fully controlled by the party and the government. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-issue-2/601514/162 "2011-11-12T22:33:27Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > ETA: And good luck getting people to run into … crack dens for $15/hour. Well, you could tell them there’s crack inside. As long as you hire crack addicts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-issue-2/601514.md?page=8)