Posted on 03/07/2011 9:00:25 PM PST by jazusamo
The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians.
Nothing shows the utter cynicism of the unions and the politicians who do their bidding like the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" that the Obama administration tried to push through Congress. Employees' free choice as to whether or not to join a union is precisely what that legislation would destroy.
Workers already have a free choice in secret-ballot elections conducted under existing laws. As more and more workers in the private sector have voted to reject having a union represent them, the unions' answer has been to take away secret-ballot elections.
Under the "Employee Free Choice Act," unions would not have to win in secret-ballot elections in order to represent the workers. Instead, union representatives could simply collect signatures from the workers until they had a majority.
Why do we have secret ballots in the first place, whether in elections for unions or elections for government officials? To prevent intimidation and allow people to vote how they want to, without fear of retaliation.
This is a crucial right that unions want to take away from workers. The actions of union mobs in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere give us a free home demonstration of how little they respect the rights of those who disagree with them and how much they rely on harassment and threats to get what they want.
It takes world-class chutzpah to call circumventing secret ballots the "Employee Free Choice Act." To unions, workers are just the raw material used to create union power, just as iron ore is the raw material used by U.S. Steel and bauxite is the raw material used by the Aluminum Company of America.
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Unions should have gone the way of the Pinto... The idea of government employee unions is simply absurd!
I can understand why private corporation unions have existed, but can NOT understand why government unions were ever allowed to happen. My guess, (actually, understanding), is that those government workers wanted more and those that they elected thought that it was a good idea to keep them happy.
All public unions need to be abolished!
Dr. Sowell hits another one out of the park!
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Absolutely! Public employees work for the taxpayers, if they don't accept the pay and benefits offered they can get a different job, there's many waiting in line that'll take it.
The SEIU union that troubles me is the one that organizes all the health care workers, including doctors and nurses. SEIU 1199. There are branches all over and we saw some of the doctors writing excuse notes for the protest in Wisconsin.
It takes doublethink. Most of us saw Orwell's 1984 as a cautionary tale; the kind of folks who head up unions and the Democrat Party saw it as a how-to manual.
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He has a habit of doing just that.
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When one shines the light of truth on unions, just as one shines light on cockroaches.
Neither can stand the light therefore both hide. One behind meaningless words the other in dark corners.
You are right on target! Unions are not for the workers, the UNIONS are for UNIONS!
Agreed! No public employee should have union! They started illegally and they continue illegally!
Democrats always support unions, and unions always support Democrats. It’s a match made in hell.
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Thanks for the ping jaz. Unions, and Democrats need each other for survival.
They are a minority in the World of Politics, but they are the loudest, most obnoxious, most consuming.
They will be heard.
well, unless you have the entirety of the population chippin in for the appertizer, the bread, the entre', the dessert...oh dont forget the 'drinks' are covered too...
now whos gonna pony up the gratuity ???
There. Fixed.
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