The reason that the right wing is so afraid of the Employee Free Choice Act is because it would start to empower the middle class to stand up for themselves. They are afraid that this would cut into their profitability too deeply:
The oligarchy and their supporters aren't trying to help you keep your job, they are trying to keep you under their thumb as long as possible.
More information can be found at Uppity Wisconsin, where I found the video.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
Gotta disagree with you there. Now, my opinion is colored because I despise most Unions. I've delt with too many Union docks. Not every business can pay Union scale, and to Union lovers, I know that doesn't matter. I guess the secret ballot doesn't either.
ReplyDeleteBill,
ReplyDeleteEven the non-union shops pay at a higher level, to retain the better workers who would otherwise leave.
And the HR folks at most shops already have done away with the secret ballot years ago. There is a story forthcoming to explain that.
The post talks about "profitability" as if profit is a bad thing. Ummm, hello! Profit is what produces jobs!!! If it weren't for profit, there'd be no businesses, so there'd be no employment, no jobs, no nothing (relatively speaking).
ReplyDeleteYes, unions are occaisionally a hindrance to efficiency, effectiveness, and profits. I admitt that they occaisionally get it right, but even a broken clock is right twice a day. How is that good for jobs?
The reason why the EFCA is so dangerous is that it disposes of the secret ballot and exposes those who aren't interested in forming a union to peer pressure.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why you're trying to make this a right-winger extremist position, nor do I understand why you are trying to make this into an issue of class warfare.
I don't personally care how important unions are to the middle class, you can't just dispose of a vital part of our democratic process because unions have been declining the past 40 years.
If the secret ballot is good for Congress, then it's good for the workplace.
Unions THRIVE on peer pressure. Ask any construction worker where they park thier Toyota....answer: blocks away, becasue of peer pressure.
ReplyDeleteI know a lady that out-worked her male counterparts and proved every day that the union negotiated a tiny fraction of the number of peices they could actually produce in a day. The peer pressure and harassment she suffered was fierce.
I'm not a hater of unions. I'm currently in a union, and I certainly see the value of their services and representation. I don't feel any peer pressure, but then again, I'm a public employee. However, the EFCA is ridiculously absurd and anti-democratic.
ReplyDeleteI understand that the unions are a dying breed, and they've been on a steady decline for decades, but nothing justifies tossing the secret ballot just so they can grow again.
Like I said before, if the secret ballot is good enough for congress and the presidency, then it's good enough for union formation.
Do not decry the loss of the secret ballot. It was lost long ago, when they started forcing people to vote anti-union on threat of their jobs.
ReplyDeleteThe CEOs already took it away. This only takes what's left of workers' rights and brings them back to the workers.
"...forcing people to vote anti-union on threat of their jobs. The CEOs already took it away."
ReplyDeleteStating your opinion doesn't make it so. Supported arguements are much more palitable than mere feelings and opinions.
Do you have anything to support your feelings and opinion?
Capper,
ReplyDeleteThat is really, really stupid, but typical of a lame liberal rationalization.
Do you have any facts that secret ballot in the workplace is not really "secret?"
Do employers get a little peak behind close doors who is voting for union formation?
No wonder why the MJS didn't accept your application. You're logic isn't based in reality.
Yes, I do, and it's right here in Milwaukee. I will be posting on it when I am done talking to a few more people.
ReplyDelete