Columnist David Harsanyi today in the Denver Post notes that union officials like to talk about what is good for the working man. Then, Harsanyi asks, why not give the working man the freedom to choose whether or not to join a union? Harsanyi points out that unions use the dues of the working man to help elect candidates that many working people would not personally want to elect! Nationwide there are now 22 states that are right-to-work states. There likely will be a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2008 in Colorado, which, if passed, would give workers the right to choose.
The estimated political expenditures of Big Labor in the 2004 election cycle was $925 million! Harsanyi concludes, "it's about money and power. Nothing inherently wrong with those things, I suppose, unless you take them without asking." Read the whole thing here.
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Right-to-work laws are great for the Chamber of Commerce and businesses. Unions are pretty much passe anymore, but the move to eradicate them completely continues. Unfortunately, "In the 21 States with right to work laws, the medium household income is $4,882 less than states where workers are free to organize effective unions. These states have higher poverty rates and less health insurance coverage than states without right to work laws."
as we learn from http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2003/24.html With or without RTW laws, business will continue to outsource overseas, where no insurance, no OSHA, no labor rights and pittance pay are the norm. Kinda sad. Glad I retired a few years back.
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