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Freedom Of Choice - How Funny
Aug 8, 2008 | 9:28 PM
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Since I have recently focused on "Duh" categories, I would like to give George McGovern (here) the opportunity to impart his wisdom on the more impetuous members of his Democratic Party. In this article, former Democratic Presidential candidate McGovern lays waste to the subterfuge spouted by unions and unscrupulous Democrats (but I repeat myself) on the Orwellian-sounding Employee Free Choice Act:

The key provision of EFCA is a change in the mechanism by which unions are formed and recognized. Instead of a private election with a secret ballot overseen by an impartial federal board, union organizers would simply need to gather signatures from more than 50% of the employees in a workplace or bargaining unit, a system known as "card-check." There are many documented cases where workers have been pressured, harassed, tricked and intimidated into signing cards that have led to mandatory payment of dues.

Unions have been in contraction for three decades. In an obvious power-grab, they devised this mechanism to undermine the idea of free will with something called "Card-check", which is really a way for them to intimidate people to sign the card since the vote is quite public for union-pushers. Intimidation by pro-union supporters can and does happen, even without knowing who the pro-unionists must intimidate. Remember, unions are a multi-billion dollar industry and money talks louder than such apparent non-sequitors as "freedom of speech" and "freedom of affiliation" vis-a-vis unions...

I don't trust the managers of billions of dollars of worker money who's entire existance is based on job preservation - stasis for businesses that should be producing the next generation of products. It is no coincidence that some of our largest industries are in contraction. Air travel, carmakers, and the mortgage industry. Of those, the mortgage industry is not dominated by unions. I'm wondering if union domination of mortgages wouldn't have had a beneficial effect. Union domination of airlines and car manufacturing certainly didn't.

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willie read my blog
Aug 8, 2008 | 9:37 PM

I think in the early days unions were of benefit to people. Mainly for better working conditions and safety. We now have many safety nets in place for workers and unions have become a burden on the employees. Example carmakers have to add 3 thousand dollars to the price of a car in order to satisfy the union obligations. They cannot compete with the global market at that rate.
The card check is unbelievably intimidating!
Marks read my blog view my photos
Aug 8, 2008 | 9:52 PM

Hi Willie! Always good to see you! I fully agree...
cbfan read my blog
Aug 8, 2008 | 11:42 PM

Our union continually fights for the safety of railroad workers and the public. And I'm still for a secret ballot system. There is no room for intimidation. We already have enough of that out of the company.
Marks read my blog view my photos
Aug 9, 2008 | 12:11 AM

I'm certain your union will fight to address the many problems of workers, CB. My wife pays her union dues and the cost is obvious: Never has the healthcare cost been more evident then when her healthcare "benefits" were used. I'm certain Obama will address this....
TexanInfidel read my blog view my photos
Aug 9, 2008 | 8:02 AM

Unions do some good but for the most part they are no better than a government agency. Absolute power corrupts absolutely and they get too big for their own good. I would never work for a company that had a powerful union.

cbfan - that's cool that you work for the railroads. I had a relative who worked for them all his life - good guy.
Dak413 read my blog view my photos
Aug 9, 2008 | 9:07 AM

I've never worked a union job, I like being paid on My performnce in a job, and depending on Myself to keep that job, My last job was with a small company with about 50 employees, they had been in previous years had been union , and was going quietly broke, they went to their employees, and asked them to vote the union out, becuz they could provide the benefits cheaper and salvage their company, and they did so, I worked for them 18 years, of which I paid nothing for medical insurance, and always had the best coverage available and they put an amount equivalent to 9% of my inome in a retirement account in My name , none of it was paid by me , a person had to work 5 years to be fully vested in the money after 5 you could leave and take that money and under five you got a % of the amount , and it was an excellent job, they were always good about providing ijncreases in pay, usually equialent to the cost of living increases , personally I've never needed anyone to represent Me in My work, if something didn't satisfy Me with a job, I would quietly look for a another job, and change ,
moankie82 read my blog
Aug 10, 2008 | 3:22 AM

I agree with willie. There was a time when they were needed. But now they are only a pawn of organized crime. I once knew of a union member shooting through his brothers hous wwith a 30-30 just because he crossed the picket line. Had no respect for any of them since.
Ivyman68 read my blog
Aug 10, 2008 | 9:23 AM

Senator Obama co-sponsored the Employee Free Choice Act, and has said that he will sign the Act into law if he is elected.

Senator McCain opposes the Employee Free Choice Act because it removes the employee's free choice by prohibiting a secret ballot.
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