"But lets not forget the unions representing all the local, state and federal government workers. They haven't gotten the press coverage, but their activity to assure that none of their members are "mistreated" are proceeding at a record pace."


I know union power varies among the various state, county, and municipalities,, but I found the union at the federal level to be an absolute joke. In the places I worked for about 30 years or so, almost no one (amongst employees) had any respect for it.

First caveat -- I worked on the military side as a civilian in areas that were either highly technical and professional or at a couple headquarters levels. We had few clerk or laborer types.

In the environments in which I worked, the union rep and officers were generally less than competent workers, the ones who normally ran the coffee fund, organized the annual picnic, and maybe ran the football pool. Valuable assets in their own right, but they generally contributed little to the mission. And as far as effectiveness in representing the employees, the couple people I knew over the years who had legitimate issues with management got almost no help from the unions. About all the union ever did was act as a roadblock to any plans to reorganize or even move offices from one floor to another.

Back OT, I agree with VK. If/when implemented, card check will bring terror and chaos to American industry. Don't want to sound overly dramatic, but were this a movie, hooded riders would be dragging recalcitrant workers from their homes forcing signatures. Regardless of state law, every decent size business will be unionized. Prices will skyrocket. Businesses will go under. Jobs (union) will be lost. And more industry will move outside the US. Hey, but they meant well.




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