However, when unions are so heavily politicized that they pursue aims and agendas that have nothing to do with the welfare of workers and then charge the worker heavily for their 'representation', they become just another bunch of monopolists.
They monopolize labor, rather than a product, but the Jim Sweeney's of the US are nothing more than OPEC with a better pr firm. Why The UAW is getting into gay rights and nuclear arms debates when their workers and the companies they work for are being carpet whacked and hung out to dry by Japanese, Korean and German companies that offer a superior product at a better price, is beyond me.
Unions are dying because they sold out to the Dems, drank the Jonestown Coolaid and are going the way of most dysfunctional, leftist fads. Unions should do their job rather than gripe about right to work laws.
The truth is that nationwide, organized labor representation of the manufacturing workforce has drasticly declined to about 15%.
In comparison, over 40% of government workers are unionized.
(Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry)
For all intents and purposes, the marxist Democrat Party has abandoned representation of blue collar workers and focused on infiltration of our government and education institutions. From these bastions, they demonize our industrial private sector and castrate it with maliciously excessive environmental and health-care regulation and litigation.
Sadly, the neocon dominated Bush Administration has done nothing to fend off this assualt on our wealth-creating private sector. Instead, they have taken the laissez-faire approach: "don't make waves, don't rock the boat, don't use the presidential veto." Furthermore, they join in the demonization of our domestic industrial infrastructure as it suits their agenda to secure the profitability of transnational corporations shifting investment and employment opportunities overseas. And to compound the fraud that they perpetrate on the American People, they expand the social welfare entitlement tentacles of the federal Medicare system with prescription drugs for our senile citizens.
May the Lord curse the country club RINOs and cast their souls into the fires of eternity. They made a pact with the devil and have sold out our prosperity and national security.
However, when unions are so heavily politicized that they pursue aims and agendas that have nothing to do with the welfare of workers and then charge the worker heavily for their 'representation', they become just another bunch of monopolists.
I actually agree with this statement. For sure.
Not exactly correct. Twenty years ago (1984), well over half of all union members voted for Ronald Reagan. Yet Big Labor, as usual, overwhelmingly, kicked in bucks for Demos.
Yup, I was one of 'em. Go "W"!