Labor Unions Move To Reform State Laws

Why should employers decide if workers should join a union? Workers should have the right to decide free from fear and intimidation.Thats what the Oregon law says,thats what the original Wagner act said in 1936 and thats what people who believe in freedom say.

gvpal52, your absolutely right! George your living in the past. If you don't think that the owners of companies have alternatives to union organizing your wrong. They can close the business and move it to somewhere that appreciates the jobs. The only groups that cannot effectively fight off unions are govn. controlled businesses and government itself. I still do not understand the justification for unions in government!

Everything Obama is pushing gives the government unrestricted power over us. Elected conservatives to the House in 2010 and impeach his azz before he destroys the USA.

Dear Bohl2:

Union's are the last, best hope in this country for US workers. Workers in this country in the last 30 years have been consistantly marginalized, severely underpaid, terribly over worked and totally left out in the end (job after job). When workers are left out ... they're left out with no benefits for themselves, their spouses and their children ... and they loose their pensions (if they even have one to begin with). One sickness away from total economic devastation and complete financial ruin. Why? Because rich multi-national (multi-billion dollar) corporations in this country are racing to the bottom in their effort to move their companies overseas to 3rd, 4th, 5th world nations to save a penney or two for themselves and their greedy stockholders. Workers are not the problem. Skyrocketing Health Benefits are out of control with no end in sight ... That's just one small problem ... The other is ... Wall Street (socialism for the rich) will rob from Peter to pay Paul to keep themselves happy before they pay out to you or any pension plan my friend ... and to make matters even more sickening ... the banking industry will tank whatever hope you ever had of your savings in the same breath ... Then ask for a bailout from the taxpayers. That's America today, pal! Hooray for me, and screw everyone else! It's not the America I grew up in, or believe in. So, if today's America is what you think this country is all about ... Then you are seriously not paying attention. Always remember this ... If you pay a worker a respectable wage ... provide a decent Health Care package with the possibility of a pension for decades of service .., then you will see an economy that's paid for by the worker, on behalf of his country and with respect to his family and community at home ... That's the America I want to be a part of again. Anything less, then you have what you have now ... a cyclical nightmare of up and down markets helping the rich stay rich and the poor always getting stuck with the bill in the end. Remember, before profit, there's labor ... before labor, there's nothing! Before investment there's profit, before profit, there's labor and before labor there's nothing! Somebody please tell me that I'm wrong here and I will respond accordingly! There's no doubt and it's no secret ... Workers deserve a seat at the table ... and the ability to put food on their tables and to provide for themselves in a respectable manner equal to the rich in this country and their so-called tax loopholes that corporations get on April 15th. Beyond that, and if workers don't get these ... you will see uncertainty everwhere! Look into your labor histroy and never forget your roots. Stay and Always Be Well, -Kevin

You sound very well informed, so maybe you can answer the question I have about the Auto Industry. Ford Motor Co. that deals with the same union as GMC and Chrysler reported a $Billion profit, what have they done differently? The way I understand the problem that is causing many companies to choose to leave the country is that the environmental issues and the OSHA rules are to prohibitive. Should the USA bring those laws and standards in line with China or Mexico?

Wait just a minute there, You republicans said busting the unions would make everything better and secure the jobs, most jobs...the VAST majority are non-union now days....but the economy collapsed anyway....and non-union jobs are being outsourced just like the union jobs were. Auto sales at the non-union foreign owned auto companies in the US are down just like the unionized, US owned, auto companies. How do you explain THAT? What now, X ?

The facts make a liar out of you. Unions were never the problem in the first place. The facts prove that. The current bush economic collapse proves that. The economy collapsed on bush's watch, at a time when republicans had already busted most unions. You don't have unions to blame for failed republican policies any more. That's one busted MYTH!