For Unions, Labor Day Is About Grabbing More Power

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Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But that won't stop Big Labor's apologists from seizing the spotlight to demand more power.

Fact is, modern unions are built on the legal privileges of compulsion and extortion. In 27 states without Right to Work laws, nonunion employees can be fired for refusing to pay union dues.

Millions more nonunion workers have no choice but to accept union bargaining over their wages and working conditions, even if they want nothing to do with the union.

This despite the fact that poll after poll shows the American people overwhelmingly oppose forced union dues and affiliation.

What's more, union officials routinely funnel nonunion workers' forced dues into political campaigns aimed at defending or expanding their already extensive special privileges.

Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that Big Labor spends about four times as much on politics and lobbying as was previously thought.

This forced-dues-funded billion-dollar machine enables union bosses to wield an immense amount of political clout in Washington, D.C., and state capitals, even though private-sector voluntary union membership continues to steadily decline.

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama ignored the U.S. Constitution and unilaterally installed two pro-forced unionism lackeys and Beltway insiders onto the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that administers and enforces federal labor law.

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Barack Obama: ‘I owe those unions’

In his book “The Audacity of Hope,” then-candidate Barack Obama, when talking about his relationship with Big Labor union officials, wrote: “I owe those unions. When their leaders call, I do my best to call them back right away. I don’t consider this corrupting in any way.”

Fours year later, it’s become clear he did a lot more than just call them. Countless giveaways to organized labor have ensured that Washington union bosses owe the president and will spend more than a billion dollars to ensure President Obama’s return to the White House.

You see, the largest special interest in the upcoming elections is Big Labor.

Every year, union officials collect more than $14 billion from hardworking Americans, many of whom want nothing to do with unions. Union officials routinely funnel union dues and mandatory fees from nonunion workers into political campaigns aimed at defending or expanding their already extensive special privileges.

Recent media reports indicated that Big Labor spends about 4 times more on politics and lobbying than what was previously thought. This money is then used to fund and feed a massive army of union partisans — from holding protests in state capitols like we saw in Wisconsin and Indiana to going door to door supporting Big Labor’s handpicked political candidates across the country.

 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/31/barack-obama-i-owe-those-unions/