Comments on: Employee “No” Choice Act: Increasing the Fed’s Role, Again

By: Louise Parker, Garla

Louise Parker, Garla — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:31:20 +0000

Our Congress should very well pay attention to the rising of the voices, especially in Texas. We need to start over, get rid of the corruption.

By: Gail Frankie Dayt

Gail Frankie Dayt — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:48:13 +0000

I grew up in a family owned trucking firm that did local deliveries and were forced to be unionized. The local teamsters vote for the truckers did not come up for vote until after the over-the-road truckers voted on their contract. Then the local unions would try and force the locals to vote on the same package. Well the upshot was thay have run all local delivery firms out of business because they could not afford the pay scales which included medical and retirment and going non-union is a death blow.

The most corrupt next to this government (palois and company) is the unions. This is not only the teamsters but also the long shoremens union.

When I worked I had to join the union (ugh) and quickly learned the union I had to join was a joke. If you as an individual had problems and needed the unions help forget it as they always sided with the company. The only time they were of any help was at contract time. If they could get you higher wages then they could get more dues out of everyone. If you do end up on strike you still have to pay dues and if you are lucky you may get a petence from the union that you gave back in dues.

Yes when unions came into being way back when that did help the working man but now they have grown to big for the britches and their heads are so swelled they can not get a shirt over it and run out a lot of small businesses.

With them getting in bed with the government there will be not way to reign in any control on them because the government will protect them.

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By: William, Louisiana

William, Louisiana — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:06:28 +0000

Being from Louisiana, here we have what is called "open shop". We can join a union or not, it's our choice. At the last job in industry I had, the ex-union members were trying to put the union back into the company. Since I was one of the better workers, they were constantly on my case to join. I had the respect of both my fellow workers and management for my professionalism and always a willingness to go the extra mile for the company. I worked all the overtime I could and even worked 72 days without a day off to get a job finished according to the contract with the buyer. When the union had problems trying to get the company to give into allowing the union to come back in, the prospective members went out on strike. There never was any doubt in my mind what I needed to do, and I drove through the picket line the first day of the strike. The strikers on the picket line were especially brutal on my pickup truck with breaking their signs on my windshield and breaking the grill on the front of the truck. I even made it on the national news as video of me coming across the picket line with gangs of strikers attacking my truck. I needed to work, and like I told the union organizer one day, "I'm here to give the company eight hours work for eight hours pay." and that was my reason for continuing to break the picket line for seven long months, driving through roofing tacks at night flattening three of my four tires one time, and being cursed at by screaming picket walkers during the day didn't scare me like they wanted it to. The amazing thing was that after four months into the strike management came down and talked to all 35 men who were running the whole plant that usually took over 650, that management had done a production analysis. They discovered that the 35 of us had actually increased production 45% over what was done when the plant was fully manned. What does that tell you? If this EFCA is passed, and the union workers know they can't be fired or anything, they will work at whatever speed they care to. If you want slow inferior work hire a union worker. If you want work done on time at the highest professional quality hire a non union worker. And I'm not talking about illegal aliens either. I'm talking about skilled, experienced, professional American workers who want to work for the company for the rewards the company will give them for the money that these kinds of workers can give our American businesses. But under EFCA there's no telling what you'll get if you let a union take over your company. Unfortunately American companies won't have any choice. People like me won't be able to do the quality of work and committment to professionalism we are capable of anymore. We'll have to do what the union tells us to do. And based on the experience I had at this company I told you about, American companies won't ever be able to make that 45% increase in production if the employees and the company need to work together on improving life for both. American companies will have to be satisfied with whatever the union decides to work at, and that will be much, much less thanks to the intervention of the Obama government and the unions.

By: Bob Beck, Evans, GA

Bob Beck, Evans, GA — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:52:15 +0000

All the comments about EFCA are right on but all Republicans are missing a huge point about the current situation. The Republican Party has split in many pieces and is NOT organized like the Democrats (labor, abortion rights groups, homosexual community, environmental group, etc. The Republican Party is now a splintered mess that is quickly destroying itself (with no help from Democrats) over abortion, bailouts, and illegal immigration. When are we Republicans as a group going to see the massive error of thinking that winning elections is not important? We had great candidates to run against President Obama including Mayor Gulianni, Mitt Romney, and Governor Huckabee but our splintered Republican Party went through the entire primary process and ELECTED Sen. John McCain to represent Republicans as President. That's right, we as a party elected John McCain in a fair primary, process. For all people up in arms in the Republican Party right now about EFCA, increased taxes, bailouts, and massive socialist programs that ARE coming, ask yourself three very important questions: 1) Did I vote in the Republican Primary? 2) Did I vote for John McCain to represent my Republican Party? 3) Did I vote for the Republican Candidate in the General Election? It is that simple in my view. President Obama, Sen. Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi are not the problem. The divisions in the Republican Party is the problem. President Bush made mistakes no doubt but WE had the White House for eight years with four of those eight years with a House and Senate majority. EFCA and Socialism are now going to be a stronger part of our Nation because the Republican Party did not come together to win. We decided to fight amongst ourselves and some even sat out of the National election over abortion, bailouts and illegal immigration reform. “Elections have consequences” and “To the victor goes the spoils.” Remember this in Nov 2010.

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By: john frazier calera

john frazier calera — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:32:31 +0000

there is one answer to most all the problems in washington "vote them out" it is hard to believe that enough people voted for the likes of Obama,

Pelosi,Reid,I am ashamed of my own representative here in Okla.who was financed by one of our ex-politicians who was indicted and convicted for illegal acts including illegal political donations 2010 gives us an opprotunity to clean up washington by "cleaning it out" lets follow the lead of Jeff Flake.

By: Fred, TN

Fred, TN — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:44:13 +0000

If all of congressmen and women and senators were all fired and term limits mandated. (Without full pay and benefits for new guys in their pockets, the term limits will rotate them out. Not a prayer for this is there?

Oh, I saw a poll the other day that 87-13 in our country want prayer and religion back. So how is it 13% out way the 87%? Majority!

It’s time to take back our country.

By: Merm the Daid

Merm the Daid — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:34:29 +0000

I fear for the demise of this last best hope for freedom,the USA. The Obama administration and its union-thug-anti-freedom ways MUST NOT be allowed to succeed. Our God given freedom is at stake!

By: Larry, Montana

Larry, Montana — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:24:18 +0000

I fully agree with what Bill from Colorado says.

"Of course, employers want to preserve their right to call for the NLRB-conducted election process because the union’s demand for recognition alerts them that it is time to bring in the professional arm twisters, employer advocates who mount the employee intimidation campaign by promoting and teaching techniques designed not to facilitate but to thwart employee free choice."

Take the need for coercion out of the picture on both sides and you have a win-win situation,and then the collective equal sharing of responsibility for a working airtight contract that is binding on both sides can begin.

Neither side gets all they ask for, and this is how true democracy works, but if a binding arbitration sets standards that neither side likes, democracy is out of the picture.

Montana law allows 'maintenance of membership' in whatever Union mans the job you are working at, guaranteeing that there are not any freeloaders benefitting from the dual collective bargaining that made the good work rules and conditions and wages and benefits possible.

Believe me when I tell you that when the Union sends a discharge letter due to nonpayment of contractual Union obligations, the employer is only too glad to call the scab in and explain that they as well as the Union agreed to not allow freeloaders, after all the fun and grief involved in negotiating the contract.

Union referral lists are open to anyone, and the clock runs as to being a member in good standing only after being hired, with plenty of leeway allowed.

You either stay current or you go home without the job, and it should be explained that what was paid into the insurance and pension trust by the employer is only for those who are eligible and stay the course to become booked up on hours for insurance and also become vested for the pension.

I am proud to be a 40 year member of the Operating Engineers, with a good pension under a defined benefit plan that no bureaucrat can meddle with.