Presidential candidate Ron Paul is a champion of workers’ rights. He is an ardent supporter of the right to choose whether to join a union. And he opposes any and all attempts to push Big Labor’s coercive agenda.
Paul was the first Presidential candidate to be condemned by the AFL-CIO.
His crime?
He appeared on the ABC-TV show “The View” — crossing the writers’ picket line to be interviewed by the hosts of the show.
Funny, we didn’t hear the bosses condemning Whoopie Goldberg and the other hosts for interviewing Paul.
The Machinists’ Local S6 union issued an alert warning message from leadership on Thursday, saying that anyone who chooses to cross the pickets will be fined after the strike is over. It also included harsh references to so-called scabs, suggesting they should be drowned or hung.
Big Labor is now demanding that, even in staunchly pro-Right to Work states like Virginia, politicians must support compulsory unionism to receive its backing. “There is no doubt that a rising share of elected officials in Virginia are dependent on the Big Labor machine to get in power and stay in power,” noted National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix.
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