While Americas trade unions are hardly conspiring to bring capitalism down about our ears, trade union leadership couldnt care less about the current economic crisis. Theyre still pushing for their perks. The union leadership is no longer in business to create decent jobs -- the union leadership is in business to boost its own power... [snip]
The renewed growth of the private sector union [via Obama's supported 'card-check' legislation] spells disaster for American industry. With consumers staying home and product prices dropping rapidly, a free market in labor becomes the most integral element to economic recovery. Companies must cut costs in order to remain in business, providing cheap goods that ramp up demand again. But those cheap goods become unavailable when the cost of labor remains high. And so the companies shut down, and millions of jobs are lost.
Why would the union bosses allow private businesses to go bankrupt? Because they aren't uncomfortable with the idea of the government running American businesses... [snip]
America is no longer a nation of Norma Raes. We dont need union heavies breathing down our necks, asking for our protection money while forcing us into the unemployment lines. No one is reverting to the bad old days of child labor and worker maltreatment. Once worker safety has been achieved, the free market must take over, or well all be working for the government.
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