How the Left Nurtures Unions

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Front Page Magazine:

“Public employee unions make enormous contributions to our states and citizens,” Barack Obama said in defending the Wisconsin state’s public workers unions’ assault against the Governor’s economy plans. “Contributions” for sure. Unions contributed $400 million to his 2008 campaign and state, county, and municipal employees contributed $90 million to Democrats in 2010.

Obama made clear almost the moment he took office that he was union-owned. On Feb. 6, 2009, he signed Executive Order 13502 establishing Project Labor Agreements (PLAs). They require contractors on any large project to hand over exclusive bargaining control to pay inflated wages and benefits to unions, undermining a fair bidding process.

Money speaks louder even than the frenzied shouts of thousands of union slackers. The White House wing of the Democratic National Committee reportedly was in full support of the union siege in Wisconsin, bringing in protestors from around the country.

No matter how the current battles between public-worker unions and various state governments turn out, public-sector employees face growing resentment across America in the future. The major reason: everywhere in the country public employees—whether union members or not–are seen as over rewarded in pay, benefits and pensions compared to compensation for Joe and Jane Average Citizen. This disparity is especially true on the West Coast and in the North East.