Richard Trumka has found his purpose. He wants to use his forced-union dues treasury to help solve President Obama’s “white guy problem.” Adding insult to injury, Trumka bashes some of his own members — the ones who pay his salary — by claiming they oppose Obama because they are racist or own a gun. “Some of this I think was pure racism,” said Trumka. “Some of them would be gun owners, some of them would be right-wing. Some of them would be … died-in-the-wool Republicans.”
This is a perfect example why Trumka and his fellow union bosses will do anything to stop giving workers a choice in wether to join a union. It’s easier to insult them, degrade them and force them to pay dues.
Former UA union member Karl Ludwig: The UA “intentionally excludes potential pipefitters from the labor market to limit supply and drive up prices. Worse yet, the exclusion means less pipefitting work gets done.”
The state AFL-CIO hierarchy is leading the charge for a constitutional ban on Right to Work even as it deals with a scandal.
When Right to Work advocates made their first valiant, although diffuse, efforts to stop the spread of government-imposed compulsory union membership…