Posted on 09/15/2015 6:49:01 AM PDT by Rockitz
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is nationally known because of his battle over union reforms in his state, which resulted in several spectacular, and futile, efforts by Big Labor to knock him out of office.
Just days before the next Republican presidential debate, Walker is offering bold proposals for national labor reform, ending the special legal advantages carved out for unions… and prohibiting public employee unions altogether.
The Washington Examiner accurately notes that Walker’s proposals “represent the most radical change to federal labor law in almost a century,” and would deliver “a massive blow to the strength of organized labor, a major player in Washington politics and staunch ally of the Democratic Party.”
Walker said the proposals were aimed at strengthening the rights of individual workers, which under current federal labor law are often sacrificed to bolster union strength. Unions would still exist, but they would be voluntary organizations with workers able to join or leave whenever they felt.
“I believe that fairness and opportunity for workers results from freedom. Freedom that allows workers and employers to create flexibility, choice, and innovation in the workplace. Unfortunately, many of the nation’s federal labor laws and regulations have stood as a roadblock to fairness and opportunity, and instead have created rigid, top-down workplaces that don’t really work for Americans,” Walker said.
Public employee unions are particularly ripe for reform.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Public employee unions are inherent conflicts of interest. What other job can you have where you can buy off your boss to get yourself a raise?
I would for Scott Walker in the general election in a heart beat. Not sure who I will vote for in primary.
He is great on this issue. And 100% correct.
Public employee unions aren’t much different than the mafia.
There should never have been public employee unions. Big mistake!
Even FDR was opposed to the idea.
That's not the way to go, at a time when the other side is clamoring for a ridiculous minimum wage. If public employee unions weren't allowed to support candidates, with either money or endorsements, they'd stop owning politicians. The unions would be fine if they only did the negotiating and provided legal protection for their members.
the only candidate who’s done anything real to stop federal schools and public labor unions. the two great pillars of unconstitutional gov’t power.
The managers reign supreme. Without the union, they would hire friends and relatives, and promote them regardless of skills. In turn, they would drive anyone out that looked at them wrong. "Going Postal" would once again become commonplace. If you haven't worked in the Fed Gov, you have no idea what we deal with, so keep your snarky comments to yourselves.
Breitbart’s take on Walker’s stand on public sector unions.
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You are absolutely correct that government agencies are terribly abusive. I was a manager and more than once I had upper level managers order me to do something that violated the contract. I couldn’t disobey a direct order, so I told them they would need them to put that in writing. They backed down.
I know that the four unions whose employees I supervised did not require membership and I haven’t found any union in any federal agency that is compulsory. I don’t agree with compulsory unions and support a national right to work law.
I think teachers unions are harmful to the educational system and should be abolished, along with the Dept. of Education.
Beyond that, the idea of not deducting dues from employees paychecks that have CHOSEN to belong to a union is just harassment. If I were in a union and that passed, I would have my dues auto deducted from my bank account.
You are spot on. A law prohibiting political contributions by unions and a right to work law making membership non compulsory is all that is needed.
He’s got my attention on this one!!! That would be incredible to achieve.
You got your “not” flipped in the last sentence?
You defeat the left by defunding the left.
??? Not sure what you are referring to.
“Beyond that, the idea of not deducting dues from employees paychecks that have CHOSEN to belong to a union is just harassment. If I were in a union and that passed, I would have my dues auto deducted from my bank account.”
It seemed that it should be this way:
Beyond that, the idea of ... deducting dues from employees paychecks that have ...NOT... chosen to belong to a union is just harassment.
What are you saying? How does non-paying of union dues mean trouble?
My point is, that as the law reads now, people have the right to belong to a union if they want to. Removing the convenience of having those dues that they have authorized being taken from their checks seems like unnecessary harassment.
If union membership is compulsory, that is a different story, but I don’t know of any federal unions that are.
Ah, ok, I follow now. Thx.
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