# Big Labor — The Conscience of a Conservative character guide

> Big Labor in The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Big Labor, Labor, its

**First appearance:** 0007-vi-freedom-for-labor

## Who they are

Organized labor unions portrayed as a threat to individual worker freedom.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

The narrator portrays Big Labor as a coercive, anti-freedom force opposing conservative principles.

### [The Kremlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/the_kremlin)

_psychological_

Big Labor is portrayed as being manipulated by or aligned with Kremlin interests.

### [Conservatives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/conservatives)

_rivalry_

Big Labor is seen as a political enemy of conservative economic freedom.

## In the story

### [Freedom for Labor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/chapters/vi-freedom-for-labor)

Identified as wielding excessive economic and political power, forcing compulsory unionism and spending members' dues on political campaigns without consent.

## Links

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