By: Mark Mix, President, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Labor Day is a celebration of the efforts of America’s workers. However, the celebration is hollow for millions of American workers because of compulsory unionism.
Throughout the United States, over 12 million workers labor under contracts that require them to be a member of, or financially support, a union as a condition of employment.
Additionally, millions of more workers are required by law to accept union bosses’ so-called “representation,” thereby losing the right to negotiate their own employment terms.
Big Labor thrives on this system of government-granted special privileges based on coercion. Compulsory unionism makes union bosses more unaccountable to rank-and-file workers, as their financial support is absolutely mandatory.
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Please be specific as to where the American
people will save money.
I have seen first hand how a union has
hurt productivity many, many times, and also heard tales of it from my father about Eastern Airlines. One example:
I myself (as a young 20 something lad) worked in a factory that was unionized - as a machinist helper. One day a forklift entered the loading dock and spilled his load. I went over to to help him clean it up. My boss tapped me on the shoulder and said get back to your job. I old him i was caught up and this guy needed help.
He said, that's HIS UNION job now get back to YOUR UNION job.
Just look at the auto industry.
They can blame their troubles on this or that, but the union MUST but high on any list of blame. A good friend of mine worked at Ford Hapeville for over 30 years. He stated after the plant closed, the union was a monster of waste.
IMO, Modern Day Unions (in most cases) are nothing more that organized thugery and anti-productivity organizations, existing only for the gain of it's leaders...and political might.