Posted by
Jason on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:15:54 PM
Disclaimer: I'm just an average guy...
Here's what I think anyway... Unions certainly did their financial part to help Democrats win the 2006 election, and now their willing accomplices in the "most ethical Congress in history" are paying their dues.
Let's just look quickly at a couple pieces of legislation that the unions need in order really take care of the little guy...
1. When a group of workers is considering collective bargaining, they've always had the right to a secret ballot. Then neither their company nor the union know how the individual voted. Unions would now like a public ballot, so they can see how each worker voted. I guess if the measure doesn't pass, this gives the union the ability to help "persuade" (coerce) that worker the next time around.
2. Workers have always had the option of not joining a union as well. A worker doesn't have to pay the dues and the union doesn't work on behalf of that employee. However, now unions want every non-union employee in a union profession to pay "fees" to them, even though the individual has opted not to join. I guess you can't really blame the Union bosses though... their memberships have been falling drastically over the past few years, and they have to find some way to pay their lucrative salaries. Oh... and I wonder if any of those "fees" get contributed to Democrat campaigns...
3. Finally, the "most ethical Congress in history" has actually found a government agency to which they want to cut funding. Amazing right? Well, at least until you know what that agency does. It's the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS). What is it about the OLMS that makes Democrats want to cut 20% of its funding while at the same time raising the Labor Department's total funding by $935 million? The department "monitors the compliance of unions with federal law."
In other words, Democrats are trying to give Unions all the tools that they need to exploit and coerce the workers of our nation, while at the same time trying to cut the Labor Department's ability to monitor such abuses.
Why would the "most ethical Congress in history" be fighting for something so unethical?
Articles to Reference:
1. "Belabor the Point" http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110010343
2. "Top 10 Highest-Paid Union Bosses" http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21533