I feel good....I knew that I would
I feel good that the Employee Free Choice Act is going to come up this year for a vote in the US Senate. If you aren't sure why America needs the Free Choice Act, read this great article. The Free Choice Act, which is often referred to as Card Check, will level the playing field for union organizing.
I am so sick and tired of union bashers going around and boasting that union ranks are shrinking because unions are dinosaurs who have out lived their usefullness. American workers and the middle class today need unions more than at any time in the last 50 years. Our jobs are disappearing, corporations treat us like waste and the American Dream is all but out of reach for most Americans.
We had it pretty good after the unions came to power in the 1930s and 1940s. Workers were a valued commodity and they shared in the bounty of their hard work. But we took too much for granted and slowly but surely, the corporations stole our wealth and our pride away from us. Now the game is one-sided.
Current labor laws have made it hard if not impossible to recruit new members. By allowing companies to harass and threaten interested workers during organizing campaigns, union membership has declined. And as union ranks began to shrink, so did the money. And since money is power, the balance of power shifted from the organized labor to the corporations. Many politicians claimed that the balance would work itself out. But we know what the result is when corporations call all the shots.
The time has come to rise up again. The Employee Free Choice Act will level the playing field when it comes to organizing. Unions will grow because American workers want to restore the power their fathers and forefathers knew. They want to share in the fruits of their labor. They want another shot at the American Dream.
I feel good because I know that unions will grow with Card Check. I'm tired of hearing people talk bad about unions because I believe that collective bargaining is the only way to wrestle good pay and benefits away from greedy corporations.
America needs to get back on its feet and I believe it will with the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. I believe the middle class will rise again. That makes me feel good.... I knew that it would.
Here are a couple of good links. The first two explain why the country will benefit from the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Read through these websites so you can be articulate on the benefits of card check. The great debate is coming.
Employee Free Choice Act
American Rights at Work
This other website is anti-union. It's like the guy in the chainsaw massacre movie telling you how great his chain saw is. Of course he just used it to slash your job, cut up your health care, destroy your pension...but it's a damn good chainsaw.
Heritage Foundation
I am so sick and tired of union bashers going around and boasting that union ranks are shrinking because unions are dinosaurs who have out lived their usefullness. American workers and the middle class today need unions more than at any time in the last 50 years. Our jobs are disappearing, corporations treat us like waste and the American Dream is all but out of reach for most Americans.
We had it pretty good after the unions came to power in the 1930s and 1940s. Workers were a valued commodity and they shared in the bounty of their hard work. But we took too much for granted and slowly but surely, the corporations stole our wealth and our pride away from us. Now the game is one-sided.
Current labor laws have made it hard if not impossible to recruit new members. By allowing companies to harass and threaten interested workers during organizing campaigns, union membership has declined. And as union ranks began to shrink, so did the money. And since money is power, the balance of power shifted from the organized labor to the corporations. Many politicians claimed that the balance would work itself out. But we know what the result is when corporations call all the shots.
| Manufacturing is at a 28-year low and even Obama's economists say unemployment could top 10 percent before the recession ends. One in 10 homeowners is at risk of foreclosure and the dollar continues its slide in value. The Denver Post |
The time has come to rise up again. The Employee Free Choice Act will level the playing field when it comes to organizing. Unions will grow because American workers want to restore the power their fathers and forefathers knew. They want to share in the fruits of their labor. They want another shot at the American Dream.
I feel good because I know that unions will grow with Card Check. I'm tired of hearing people talk bad about unions because I believe that collective bargaining is the only way to wrestle good pay and benefits away from greedy corporations.
America needs to get back on its feet and I believe it will with the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. I believe the middle class will rise again. That makes me feel good.... I knew that it would.
Here are a couple of good links. The first two explain why the country will benefit from the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Read through these websites so you can be articulate on the benefits of card check. The great debate is coming.
Employee Free Choice Act
American Rights at Work
This other website is anti-union. It's like the guy in the chainsaw massacre movie telling you how great his chain saw is. Of course he just used it to slash your job, cut up your health care, destroy your pension...but it's a damn good chainsaw.
Heritage Foundation
If the corporate people had their way, no unions would exist anywhere, and they would be able to continue to short workers wages and benefits. Fact is that we need to have jobs that reward workers in a fair way, and the only way that ever happens is when a union is involved. People at the top are greedy, and stockholders are greedy, but rich investors and corporate captains are going to have to sacrifice a little for the good of the many, and for the health of the nation. Poeple are having to work several jobs to earn a minimum amount, where they should really only have to work one good job. If a company organizes it's operations correctly, it will be very profitable even with it's unionized employees earning more money and benefits, because it will demand more of those employees, and they will be happy to comply due to the compensation they will receive. There are currently several great examples of American companies that work with unions and are still profitable, with high productivity and great employee participation in the success of the company. I know of one such company and it is UPS. They have been partners with the Teamsters for about 65 to 70 years and are still the leaders in the industry. Working for that company is not fun, but it is rewarding and a person can take care of a family on the wages they pay through the contracts they work under.
There should be a huge movement in the coming years to unionize. People should be sick of corporate greed right now, and today's sick economy is laying the foundation for more union involvement in big business in the near future. I pray for it!
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