23 Mar 2011

Did you know that your very own union bosses are working against you? Did you know that nearly every union official is out to make him or herself wealthier and more powerful — at your expense? And did you know that this is easy to prove, if you can just assemble the puzzle pieces?

Please consider:
Mine workers — According to a study by the United Mine Workers of America, a new EPA rule cracking down on “airborne toxins” could cost 250,000 workers their jobs.

Steel workers — The United Steelworkers wrote last August that the EPA’s new environmental regulations would cost “tens of thousands” of union members their jobs.

Farm workers — Legendary unions like the United Farm Workers are threatened by oppressive EPA regulations ranging from oversight of spilled milk to dust kicked up by farm equipment. By making farming more expensive with onerous regulations, fewer dollars can be spent on workers’ salaries and benefits. Layoffs of union members will be the inevitable result.

Labor — For at least a dozen years, certain powerful union bosses have advocated open borders policies. In 2000, the AFL-CIO’s bosses have “called for blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants.”

And today, despite high unemployment, leaders of big unions like the SEIU still pursue the same policy of “comprehensive immigration legislation” (i.e., amnesty). This could cost union members hundreds of thousands of jobs as lower-wage workers displace American citizens throughout the economy.  read more »