Posted on 12/30/2008 7:40:26 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
Rep. Hilda Solis, D-El Monte, as President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to be secretary of labor will no doubt bring encouragement and even a touch of joy to union leaders everywhere. Whether the rest of us will have occasion to be pleased is another question.
The larger issue nobody wants to discuss is whether it is appropriate in a free country with a government of strictly limited powers, to have a secretary of labor (or of commerce, education, energy, or health and human services for that matter). Given that the point is effectively mooted, however, it might be nice to wish that a labor secretary could be concerned with safeguarding the dignity and stressing the importance of labor of all kinds, including unpaid labor as well as intellectual labor, which is the source, through innovation and capital investment, of so much of our prosperity.
It is likely, however, given her record, that Ms. Solis will concern herself not so much with broader conceptions of labor as with the health of the union movement per se. She voted as the AFL-CIO prefers 97 percent of the time. Three-quarters of her campaign contributions have come from labor unions.
The issue labor unions are most concerned with just now is what is called the Employee Free Choice Act, also called card-check. This proposal would stipulate that if 50 percent plus one of a company’s employees signs a card saying they are interested in having a union represent them, then the union would be automatically certified. Under current law employers are permitted to ask for a secret ballot before a union is installed.
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Great—by the end of Obama’s term, every industry will end up like the auto industry.
I believe her two big issues are illegal immigration and unions (she favors both).
Saying “yes” to unions is saying “no” to America and free enterprise. Unionization is SOCIALISM in a nutshell.
She’s a communist, literally.
How hard will they work to turn all industries into the ‘enemy’ like they did to the auto industry?
You never see a union ‘worker’ wearing company apparel, only union labels.
I’d like to see the ‘workers’ put up their own capital and take the necessary risks to operate a business. (mutualism)
Isn’t LaRaza in her Resume’, also?
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