Weekly REPORTER
“Let us dare to read, think, speak and write,” John Adams 1776
April 12, 2012
Editor@theweeklyreporter.com
The forty-hour week is the result of union negotiations. Even national labor laws have often been the result of lobbying by the unions on behalf of ALL American workers. So even if you are not a union member you do enjoy the benefits won for you by a union at some point in time.
The truly puzzling part is why any worker with any degree of commonsense would be against union representation.
Union workers as a hard and fast rule earn higher wages than those who are non-union. They enjoy a wide range of benefits and, contrary to what some may believe, they do not come to work each day in a combative atmosphere. Companies and unions have over the years come to understandings that in most cases result in amicable relationships between the union and the company.
Republicans have typically been anti-union and pro-business. They have been opposed to workers having any voice in the workplace. They have long believed that since the company owns the business, the assets, and provides jobs to the workers, they should be happy to accept the pay they are paid and leave raises and other decisions to the discretion of the company.
Since the Republican ideology opposes organized labor, opposes workers rights and work safety regulations, it is impossible to understand why a union worker would vote Republican under any circumstances.
Republicans are no concealing their distaste for collective bargaining. In some states, e.g. Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, there has been movements to destroy unions by passing “right to work laws”.
Any union worker who votes Republican is voting against himself and voting to cut his wages, reduce his benefits, and in the end injure his own family. What can they possibly been thinking of?
Of course, the well-funded Republican Party brainwashes people into believing big business loves workers. It is an argument similar to that of Communists who take away liberty.
You can view an interesting Ohio video on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/dcHoRrriCsM
Almost without exception workers are happy to see paid holidays come as scheduled. It means time off with family and friends doing those things we enjoy during leisure hours and as a bonus we are paid for those days.
If you are one of those people who enjoy those days off with pay you can thank a union member who stood tall and strong in the past to demand those benefits. They did not come easy and just as with anything there was a price.
Over time unions have fought for and won paid holidays, shorter work weeks, child labor laws, overtime pay, insurance benefits, paid vacations and more.
If unions have done so much for the American worker one must ask why would any American worker oppose union membership?
The answer is multifold. Some people are just unwilling to pay the few dollars it may cost each month to be in a union. Others are not willing to pay their fair share and prefer to enjoy the fruits of the efforts of others.
Some may also be willing to kiss-up to the company to curry favor or perhaps out of fear.
NO SURPRISE - MITT ROMNEY IS ANTI-UNION