Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/Recap/S04/E16 Bar Association
Fed up with exploitative working conditions at Quark's Bar, Rom forms a union of Quark's employees, which is illegal according to Ferengi law.
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Tropes used in Bar Association include:
- Make an Example of Them: Inverted and lampshaded. Brunt has his Nausicaan thugs make an example of Quark for maximum impact.
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Quark: But I'm on your side! |
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- Pose of Supplication: Frool does this to Brunt.
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Waiter: I thought you said you weren't afraid of the FCA. |
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- Rousing Speech: Rom has two in this episode: One when he's forming the union, and one to keep them together after Brunt and the Nausicaans threaten them.
- Strawman Political: The concept of unions versus employers is handled with about as much balance as you'd expect from a show with Trek's political leaning. Of course, the pro-union aesop of the episode is sort of left battered and bleeding on the floor if you know much of the history of the franchise; the series has routinely used "scab" labor whenever a union strike occurred, and at least one of their movies suffered various terrorist attacks from grip union supporters due to this.
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