Monopoly Bargaining + Forced Dues = $29 Billion
In the face of gradually declining membership, Big Labor’s net assets have skyrocketed since 2010. And union bosses’ forced-dues privileges made it happen.
Pro-forced unionism Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is a proponent of the so-called “Patriot Corporation Act,” a bill that says if you take away an individual’s right to vote for or against a labor union, force an employer to remain silent, and eliminate an individual employee’s right to get information about unionization from anyone other than a union organizer, you will get preferential treatment for government contracts – and reach the lofty status of a “Patriot Corporation.”
It seems that Senator Brown is worried about maintaining and, in fact, dramatically increasing Big Labor’s monopoly power over workers as a solution to job losses in his home state. There is another solution – pass the National Right to Work Bill which would simply eliminate the federal authorization that allows union officials to have workers, who refuse to pay dues or fees to a union, fired!
There is another cosponsor of the “Patriot Corporation Act” – Sen. Barack Obama.
In the face of gradually declining membership, Big Labor’s net assets have skyrocketed since 2010. And union bosses’ forced-dues privileges made it happen.
from 2011-21, the 22 states that had Right to Work protections for the entire decade saw a total increase of 9.3% in private-sector manufacturing employment...
As the lead writer on economic matters for the New York Times, Binyamin Applebaum is notorious for carrying water for Big Labor and forced unionism.