Anti-Union "Opinion" Piece at the NV Review Journal

[Joesunionreview]

This just gets me sick, an unsigned "opinion" that is the epitome of anti-union BS

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/city-caves-to-union-78063232.html?numComments=12">EDITORIAL: City caves to union

Set to pay Culinary's blackmail demands

Earlier this year, the wealthy and powerful Culinary union launched a bruising legal battle against the city of Las Vegas, endeavoring to place before local voters ballot measures that would have delayed a proposed new City Hall building and placed new restrictions on the downtown redevelopment agency's activities.

The City Council voted to keep the measures off the ballot, saying they didn't meet legal requirements and that they would have made it impossible for the city to operate. The union sued, but the city prevailed in court.

Mayor Oscar Goodman said of the union leaders, "They are evil." He accused them of trying to extort labor concessions by pretending to oppose downtown development projects.

....SNIP....

This new deal will make those developments more expensive both for taxpayers and for would-be private developers. In determining whether such projects "pencil out," the green eyeshade gang will now have to factor in the cost of paying the union pretty much whatever it wants in exchange for a promise not to picket, strike or engage in obstructive lawsuits or ballot initiatives.

Mayor Goodman had it right the first time. The city has caved in to the union, here.

The union wants voters to vote for or against a new City Hall? Then let the people vote. The unions want to picket? It's a public sidewalk. To sue? That's what the courts are for. Private sector union membership is plummeting all over America -- except where they can get politicians to rig the rules, as the City Council proposes to do on Wednesday.

to which I commented:

Joe Union Review wrote on November 29, 2009 02:08 PM:

So let me get this straight, it's blackmail to make sure that workers get treated with respect and can possibly attain a living wage? Your anti-union/anti-worker slant is traitorous to the working American. Let's see what someone like you would say if the union did nothing.

It's a shame that this "opinion" piece is so one sided, where is the alternative point of view? This is one of the main reasons that you my friend will be looking for a job, people can find more variety of news and opinions on free websites and blogs, opinions which are a hell of a lot more balanced than the anti-union venom you spout in your unsigned opinion piece.

Help me out people, set this straight, or they win...

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