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As Obama Kowtows, Unions Eye the Private Sector
By Michael Barone
One of the interesting things about the Obama administration is the strange dominance of labor unions. Yes, Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders do owe the unions something: Unions gave $400 million to Democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle, and they expect to get something in return.
What they haven't gotten out of the Democratic Congress is the thing they wanted most -- the card check bill that would effectively abolish the secret ballot in unionization elections. Unions now represent only 7 percent of private-sector workers, the lowest percentage since the early 1930s. Union leaders believe that with card check they could vastly increase their dues income.
But the unions have gotten lots of other things, as Peyton R. Miller reports in The Weekly Standard. Obama has appointed as head of the National Labor Relations Board a former union lawyer who once wrote that the NLRB could institute something very much like card check without congressional action.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNFRg1Tu1y8
watch that and then let's chat about free trade
It's true there are problems with unions, but problems without them, too.
The better answer would be a commission system to determine public employee pay, benefits, and protections, similar to what we do with public utilities. Don't leave it in the hands of a political candidate or of a political party to determine.
I take issue over Davis-Bacon. That has been in operation so long that any contractor large enough to have contracts requiring it knows how to deal with it. It's not fair to present it as anything new or different.
We have already experienced what a "free market" in labor is like and thanks to "free trade" we are experiencing it again. Protecting our workers and our markets does only one thing---safeguard our own standard of living. Letting Big Business interests control our resources and expose American workers to competition with starving people in Bangladesh is leading our country to ruin, not prosperity---unless you are one of the ultra-rich Fat Cats, like our friends in the oil industry, who benefit from controlling our resources, price fixing our commodities, and victimizing workers.
Then it's okay.
And the Metcalfe Le Cosa Nostra have made the public sector union into a no-rep democratic cash cow, too.
1. Did the Union membership know and vote on buying KUDO 1080.
2. Did the Union membership know about supporting KUDO when they have no monies to run the sation.
3. Did the Union membership know that NON-Union people were hired to run and work for the station.
4. Is the Union membership aware that non union corporatea and non-union will be employed to work for KUDO 1080?? And if IBEW ownership Is this within Federal guidlines??
5. Did the Alaska IBEW members "Vote" on this accustion?? If not why?? Or did Mr. Hall decide this by himself??
6. Is the IBEW paying off some one???? Who?? Why???
7. Are Alaska IBEW Union officals and Alaska Democractic legislators gettng a "KickBack"from this??
The IBEW 1547 Own a local Radio Station here in Anchorage. KUDO 1080. The station is listed as A LLC and owned by Mr. Bell a Union Manager. The station is run by a Broadcasting Corporation. The station is manned by Non-Union Labor and Talk show hosts the station was paid for by Union Dues. The Station recives monies from public service messages that are Paid for by Tax Payers
There are at least twentyfive union owned LLC's in the United States that can not suppot themselvs in the private sector. So they are looking for and depending on the OBAMA bailout. Unions are unable to compeat in the real world.