Obama, BigGov take a leap forwardStarting March 9, TSA airport screeners began voting on whether they want a union or not. The Federal Labor Relations Authority, a self-described “independent federal administrative agency” created by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 during the Carter Administration, paved the way by issuing a decision calling for an election to determine whether TSA employees want “exclusive union representation.” Interestingly, when signing the Act, President Carter noted the new law “goes to the heart of what the American people are asking for: a government and civil service that work.” The vote to pick a union ends April 19th.
The idea that unions do not belong in civil service is not new. During the 1950’s, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, in addressing collective bargaining procedures, declared, “government workers have no right beyond the authority to petition Congress—a right available to every citizen.” The 1950’s-era AFL-CIO president George Meany said “[i]t is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.”
Even FDR, who gave unions extensive powers to collectively bargain in the private sector, excluded them from government and determined they had no place in public service. Today, however, more government workers are unionized than private-sector employees.
Cutting spending may carry the political torch, but voters must also recognize that federal public employee unions inject tremendous inefficiency into our bloated bureaucracy, and have interests that conflict with that of the People.
Government power cannot be used to politicize the civil service and create leverage over the governed. When it comes to politicians and promises they make, TSA unionization is just the latest example of political back-scratching, evidenced by whose promises are kept, and whose best interest is ignored.
(full story at
biggovernment.com)
Large-scale tax-funded corruption should never be allowedThe U.S. Congress should do what Wisconsin did.
Cut the government employees unions from their power to direct employees dues to elect radical government representatives. Stop all requirements that employees belong to a union as a requirement for the job.
Allow government to set pay for all positions without outside interference from unions. If people want to work for the government, they will work for the prevailing wage.
Too many tax dollars are going to fund radical unions by requiring government employees to pay dues for their right to work, so government has no say in whom to hire or fire.
I have worked under three major unions and we were held to 3-percent raises, while teachers and government employees were allowed up to 14-percent raises. This is what has caused a collapse in children learning and our economy.
(from
santamariatimes.com)
Progressive BigGov of, by and for BigLabor thugsWith government taking my money to pay employees who give a portion of my money back to a political party, whom I don’t voluntarily support, to stay in office is wrong for me. It could even be injurious to my personal interests, especially in a case where vandals have set my house on fire but the police and fire department are on strike.
In a less spectacular scenario where there is no fire or crime, the government simply uses my money to pay for their self interests, and unlike the importance of my choice in the private sector, I have little choice in how my money is used by government representatives who may not really represent me or my views. In fact, my money could be used against me. A portion of it goes through union salaries to union dues to union donations to political campaigns to keep union supported politicians in office.
Thus, keeping favorite politicians in office perpetuates union benefits, and union benefits essentially keep the politicians in office - a vicious circle of government growth and spending. If one needs proof, look at Wisconsin.
(from
gastongazette.com)
