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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No one ever mentions that it was the unions that fought for secret ballots in organizing elections in the first place, as well they should have. I give them credit for that. To now turn around and say that secret ballots somehow hurt the worker is not only hypocritical given their earlier stand, but absurd on its face. Shows how far unions have deteriorated from the time when they actually served a purpose.
In our society we can take for granted than a businessman has his own best interests at heart when he negotiates with employee unions.
If not, it is only his own money he is giving away.
We cannot take for granted that ELECTED officials have our best interests at heart when they negotiate with public employee unions that support his candidacy bus voters to the polls and give him campaign money.
And it is OUR money they are signing away long term with sweetheart deals.
I’m pretty sure if Thomas Sowell ran for president I would vote for him.
Thanks for the ping.
“Employee Free Choice Act.”
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Welcome Para-Ord.45, you’re on.
Well stated! A century or so ago it was the companies doing the intimidating. Now, and for quite some time it's the union thugs doing it.
I heard it was JFK who did this by executive order, as payback to the unions for their support in the close 1960 election. In NYC the city workers were allowed to unionize in 1963 and 12 years later the city was bankrupt.
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