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Answering Pete's Question

In a brand new blog entitled The World as Pete Sees It, Pete asks:  "What if you don't want to be in a union???."

Pete, some would say that you don't really know what you want because your indifference is masking fear.

Others would say that you've been brainwashed:

[O]ur brainwashed culture would need a frontal lobotomy to change the philosophical disorder that is one of the primary contributors responsible for the ultra-low unionization rates in the U.S.--the doctrine of individualism.


Still others would say that what you want doesn't matter:

Let’s even assume that some workers are pressured to sign cards and a place becomes unionized. What’s the harm? The employee is forced to join the union (or not depending upon the laws of the state), but will also get the benefits. If the union does a poor job of getting improved benefits then it won’t last. So the objections (from anti-union lawyers, not so much from workers) are that some will lose some of their libertarian rights and ability to be free-loaders. This is not really too much of an injustice.

Or, given that you disagree with the Employee Free Choice Act, maybe you just hate people.

Don't waste any more of your time opposing the EFCA, Pete.  As one Senator has proclaimed:  "There's no debate here."

Posted on Friday, April 6, 2007 at 11:26PM by Registered Commenterworkplacehorizons.com | CommentsPost a Comment

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