Shifting Terms in the Debate Over Union Power [Use the Right Words.]

Alliance for Worker Freedom ^ | 2011-02-18 | Cory Eucalitto

[92nina]

With so many states facing crushing budget deficits and unsustainable growth in spending, governors and state legislatures across the nation are finally taking the lead and beginning to combat the exorbitant power of organized labor. These steps are being driven not only by necessity, but because the American people are beginning to recognize the radical agenda of labor unions that seek to deny workers the fundamental right to choose their own terms of employment. Even those on the far left are falling into this trend, as a demonstrated by a recent article in The Nation Magazine.

In discussing ways to halt the decline in organized labor’s power over the last several decades, the author makes several unknowing concessions to the benefits of promoting individual freedom in the workplace. Let’s take a look at the left’s characterization of some of the important steps being taken throughout the country

[92nina]

Unions should do what is best for their members, not what is best for their leaders.

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