Jim Hoffa, head of the Teamsters Union, had this to say about the new law in Michigan that makes it illegal to force people into unions:
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Q: “What’s wrong with giving workers a choice?”
A: “It’s basically creating a free rider status. When people vote and the majority votes, that should be the people that control in that particular company.”
What he’s basically saying is that every single worker should be *forced* under color of law to join a union and pay dues because if people are allowed to not join, then they will reap the benefits of the Unions efforts without paying their share.
Hmmm. The same view is expressed by the first fella interviewed here:
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Now… replace “union dues” with “income taxes.” Do you think the Union guy might support the idea that those who draw more from the government than they put in shouldn’t be allowed to vote? Or maybe he’s of the view that what the US needs isn’t a progressive income tax, but a flat poll/per-head tax. After all, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines protect the bum every bit as much as the billionaire.
I’m not sure, but I think he’d make a great figurehead. “If you’re on welfare, Union Goons will beat you with ballbats if you try to vote!” I’m sure someone better at PR could punch that motto up a bit.
Additionally, the reasoning here would also make it fair to automatically sign up every US citizen into the National Rifle Association, and to make them pay annual dues that the NRA can then use to support the political candidates of *their* choice.
Anyway, please to enjoy Union activists trying real, real hard to avoid acting like cliched Union thugs. Bless their little hearts and littler brains, they tried… but failed.
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We can learn a few things from this:
1) Union members – these ones, at any rate – believe that violence is an appropriate response to speech they don’t like.
2) These highly-skilled, worth-every-penny Union members take freakin’ *forever* to tear down a tent. Is it any wonder that road repair is a never-ending process?