Phony Choice
John Stossel of ABC News sees right through Big Labor’s claim that the Card Check Scam Bill is about giving workers a choice: Choice is good. As a libertarian, I’m all over choice. But strangely, today, liberals are mostly…
John Stossel of ABC News sees right through Big Labor’s claim that the Card Check Scam Bill is about giving workers a choice: Choice is good. As a libertarian, I’m all over choice. But strangely, today, liberals are mostly…
The AFL-CIO is touting the fact that Big Labor unions in 45 countries are pushing the US Congress to pass the Card Check Scam Bill. Is this something they really want to brag about?…
Once again, Doug Bandow of The American Spectator in his article “Christmas Card Check” hits the nail on the head: So far Barack Obama has surprised supporters and opponents alike by choosing centrists for his economic and foreign policy teams. The leading exception is Labor Secretary-designate Rep. Hilda Solis, a long-time supporter of coercive unionism. The principal congressional battle is likely to be over so-called card check, which would allow Big Labor to intimidate its way to increased power. People obviously should be free to join unions. But the vast majority of Americans choose not to do so, which is why organized labor represents only 7.5 percent of private sector workers. Of course, Big Labor blames everyone else for its troubles. Evil employers. Economic woes. Unfair laws. So union officials want to fix the game. Labor relations should be left up to companies and workers, with the government simply enforcing agreements and prohibiting violence. However, unions routinely attempt to win through politics what they cannot win through economics. Current law requires that unions win a representation election to force recognition. Collecting cards signed by 30 percent of employees triggers a vote. However, unions lose 40 percent of the time, so labor activists complain that America is, well, a bit like Nazi Germany. The AFL-CIO says that "workers still lack the freedom to form unions" and companies are blocking "workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life" and "putting corporate power ahead of the freedom to form unions."
The implementation of union disclosure rules by the Department of Labor has surely been lacking — but even a whiff of disclosure for workers will surely be eliminated when the Obama Administration takes over. The Wall Street Journal notes:…
Former Rep. David Bonior — perhaps the union bosses’ best friend while he served in Congress — is pushing President-elect Obama to pick union activist Mary Beth Maxwell as his Labor Secretary. Maxwell, of course, has a long history of…
James Walters and Matthew Simpson respond to the boss of Georgia’s AFL-CIO and his call for passage of the Card Check Scam Bill. Waters and Simpson get right to the point: The centerpiece of the Act is the elimination of…
In an exclusive interview with the Washington Times, the government-affairs director of the AFL-CIO said he is certain that organized labor’s top priority — the Card Check Scam Bill — will pass Congress and be signed by President Barack…
Despite not yet achieving a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate (Minnesota, Georgia and Alaska election results are still awaiting finality), Big Union activists are pushing hard to get their Card Check Scam Bill enacted into law. The Investor’s Business Daily…
John Lott takes an insightful look at the Card Check Scam: WOULD you like elections without secret ballots? To most Americans, the notion is absurd. But, if Barack Obama becomes president, secret ballots seem destined to end for at…