Increasing Union Power=Increased Political Power

I had written a post several months back calling for more “regulations” for Unions. I am fully supportive of the rights of workers to assemble. It is a matter of freedom of speech and should be protected.

However, we are fully aware of the fact that Unions have been a detriment to our country’s economy, especially within the past 50 years. Their purpose has shifted from protecting the safety of its members and working to negotiate “fair” wages to using bullying tactics to shore up inflated wages and pensions. This has completely decimated our automobile industry by increasing the costs of manufacturing each vehicle.

If our government is going to regulate industry for the sake of preventing economic meltdowns, then it is also important to recognize and address the burden Unions place upon our economic system.

However, legislators are attempting to increase Labor Union power by implementing “card check”, and Obama’s Labor Department just repealed a financial disclosure law put in place by the Bush administration. This will reverse a measure put in place by Bush’s team, which increased Labor Union transparency.

Obviously, the AFL-CIO is calling the shots within the Obama administration.

Mark Mix, president of the pro-business National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, says "The department's decision not to protect simple union disclosure protections creates increased vulnerability for American workers and should serve notice to legislators that now is not the time to grant union bosses more unchecked power over workers and our economy"

Bush’s Labor Department had argued that their regulatory measures were implemented to "bring to light a wide variety of financial transactions and arrangements - whether proper or improper - that pose conflicts of interest arising from the relationships between unions, their officers and employees, employers and businesses."

I’m all for protecting the rights of workers, however, we have witnessed an overextending AFL-CIO and UAW singlehandedly tearing apart our auto industries.

Once again, it appears Obama is simply ignoring the reasons for our economy’s collapse for the sake of political correctness and expediency.