Posted on 03/01/2011 10:27:31 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Rep. Rangel: Abolishing unions' collective bargaining 'close to slavery' By Jordan Fabian - 03/01/11 12:24 PM ET
State governments taking steps to "abolish" collective bargaining rights for workers is similar to slavery, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) contends.
Speaking Monday at a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) event about GOP-proposed budget cuts, Rangel brought up Republican governors' plans to target public sector workers, as in the case of Gov. Scott Walker's budget fix plan in Wisconsin.
“It doesn’t really make any sense at all for the president of the United States to talk about creating jobs in order to improve the economy and find out that mayors and governors are talking about laying off people," Rangel said. "Collective bargaining is something that is so close to slavery in terms of abolishing it, that it is not an American concept to tell people that they cannot discuss their economic position."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Let me get this straight. It wasn’t alright for the master to enrich himself off the labor of slaves, but it is alright for the union to enrich itself off the labor of taxpayers.
I just wanted to make sure I have it right.
And ESPECIALLY taxpayers...
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