The fight for a new union law

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Leo Gerard: Obama Presidency will partly be judged by his ability to pass the Employee Free Choice Act

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[psychoholicmike]

Economic issues aside, there is NO justification for anti-union laws in a free, democratic society.

By restricting union activities, all they've done is allow the business elite to fix the price of labor.

And if a union contract DOES drive an employer into bankruptcy, then that's the union's fault, and by extension, the fault of the workers. Everyone loses. Even with fair labor laws, there is no escaping market forces.

[BoStevoD]

Why is America the only major industrial democracy without a labour party? We only have one party, the business party, split into two factions. I would love some answers.

[cwhunbun]

I can tell you that EVERY person I have talked to that has been in a Union has said they DO NOT want the Unions to negotiate for them ... they are GROWN UPS and can get their own jobs and negotiate their own salary with the companies they are seeking to work for!

[DVLBP]

If you actually read this far congratulations! There may be some hope for you as an educable, thinking individual yet! The rest? Go about you business of killing zombies on X-Box.

[DVLBP]

Unionism and entitlement thinking. I am in the autumn of my life and realize that the U.S. citizen has generally become a generation of much stupider, dull witted, short attention spanned ignoramuses that can be led about by the nose of the narrow self interests but really? Do the math. This kind of thinking will never add up. It attracts the lowest of human nature and denies the higher levels of thought and consideration that keeps it all spinning. Good luck with that people! (end part 3)

[DVLBP]

I know that by and large students of the past 30 or 40 years are no longer taught any real history and that this current generation can be played like a cheap fiddle as a result but I ask any person that cares about America look into the history of the latter half of the 20th century. What took the greatest industrial nation in the world into the state it is currently in? (end part 2)

[DVLBP]

At 1:04 Gerard makes the point that America has the lowest rate of unionization etc. Could it be that most Americans don't trust organized labor and what it has done in America? We compete in a world market. If the price of American steel is too high then alternative sources are available. It was the United Steel Workers that priced themselves out of the market and shrunk the need for American steel. It was his union that single handily created the rust belt. (end part 1)

[5iF3R]

@BoStevoD It was not always like that, the media-o-poly have brainwashed americans for about 3 decades .. There ARE other candidates, Nader have been running for years but gets no coverage in the mainstream..

In a democracy information/transparency is hard-currency! How else would one make sound decisions?

[msam1970]

@BoStevoD No matter what management system instituted, corrupt integrity is prevelant in all. In spain, victim of fascism in the extreme, labor is instituted by ownership. Co-ops are the dominate labor force factor in spain. Still with workers ownership of shares. The muscle of management that goes against members wishes is unreformable and masterfully instituted. labor is corrup-table

[talonmccloud]

yea, the choice between one dictatorship(employer) or another. The wealth of CEO's is made on the backs of underpaid workers. Workers are forced to sign unfair labor contracts or starve in the streets! Is that what human beings deserve? And yes workers MAKE the wealth employers enjoy, they MAKE the capital used to invest, bosses just consume and manage(often poorly). Workers could easily manage themselves with just a little more knowledge and bring more profits and growth!

[TenseAlcyoneus]

What you say is true. Unions have done lots of good things. So have businesses. Businesses have also done lots of bad things. So have unions.

Unions under the Wagner Act drove American car makers.out of business.

I favor collective bargaining. I just think businesses should also have such an ability.

[luckyvet]

My business is 4 retail stores & a small wholesale business established in 1989. I have employed many people throughout the years but had many problems expanding because of excessive taxation & regulations. This has hurt me, my possible employes I never ended up hiring, my suppliers, etc.

It is government that has destroyed Western business. (I sincerely mean this, and would be glad to PM you a brief reason why.)