State of the Unions

Unions have become nothing more than the corrupt political arm of American industry. These massive nationwide organizations are endemic examples of inefficiencies, fraud, waste and corruption that have contributed significantly to the collapse of some of the largest American industries.   Union bosses “are far more interested in acquiring and projecting political power than they are in representing the long-term best interests of their members¹”. Who can forget the infamous collapse of the U.S. airliner industry (spurred on by relentless strikes and chokeholds by the airline unions, the subsequent takeover by unions and the rapid collapse of our largest air carriers, United, Eastern, USAir, PanAm… ad infinitum). The parallels and juxtapositions with the massive federalization of the U.S. automakers, financial institutions, educational institutions, manufacturing industries and the soon-to-be takeover of the healthcare industry are all too familiar. Those concerns that are not already dominated by unions will be forced to unionize. 

My assertion that labor unions in the U.S. are in violation of antitrust laws (“antitrust/antimonopoly: laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices”), is absolutely founded in fact. These massively corrupt unions (UAW, AFL-CIO, SEIU, NEA, et al.), are completely unregulated, no one (especially the ultraliberal dominated federal government) is watching the misuse, illegal misdirection, considerable unlawful political influencing, and Rico Law (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) violations that are customarily perpetrated by union leadership with union dues and pension funds. Unions routinely destroy peoples lives and livelihoods, set policy in Washington, through illegal lobbying and political corruption, influence national and international trade agreements, and condemn American industry to the slow, painful death of incipient inefficiencies and the inability to compete openly with foreign industries. Unions are an absolute monopoly that establishes a political agenda by which all members, potential members and applicants must adhere to or be completely ostracized, fired, blacklisted and in some instances – disappear. The irony of this is that these activities that union bosses are currently engaged in are exactly what the first unions were formed to combat - corrupt industry monopolies and practices. Please understand that the vast majority of union members are hardworking, honest American citizens that want nothing more than to make a decent living, and provide for the betterment of their families. These members do not condone the corrupt actions of the union leadership, however they must “go along, or get out”. How did our unions become so convoluted?   These conditions and circumstances are (unfortunately) embraced, condoned and absolutely encouraged by this administration and congress. They know categorically that the union leadership consistently provides millions of liberal votes and a nearly insurmountable voting block in certain states. However the hypocrisy by this administration that the existing healthcare fraud, waste, illegality and inefficiencies are more than ample reason to completely teardown, overhaul and reform the American healthcare system, whereas the same conditions that exist in our unions are completely tolerable. What a sad state of affairs and a complete mockery of our representative republic. This administration has stated emphatically, that any large (financial) institution that can adversely influence the economy will be heavily regulated and controlled by the government. However, these massive unions adversely affect considerable portions of the US economy and directly impinge upon tens of millions of American lives, yet they are free (and encouraged) to continue with unchecked and unimpeded corruption, greed, inefficiencies and violence. Where is the justice in that?  The ONLY way out of this is for the millions of honest union members to stand up and demand accountability of the union bosses and vote corruption out of our unions and Washington! The power is yours, use it wisely…