Why the Republican War on Workers' Rights Undermines the American Economy

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-the-Republican-War-on-by-Robert-Reich-110615-826.html

The battle has resumed in Wisconsin. The state supreme court has allowed Governor Scott Walker to strip bargaining rights from state workers.

Meanwhile, governors and legislators in New Hampshire and Missouri are attacking private unions, seeking to make the states so-called "open shop" where workers can get all the benefits of being union members without paying union dues. Needless to say this ploy undermines the capacity of unions to do much of anything. Other Republican governors and legislatures are following suit.

Republicans in Congress are taking aim at the National Labor Relations Board, which issued a relatively minor proposed rule change allowing workers to vote on whether to unionize soon after a union has been proposed, rather than allowing employers to delay the vote for years. Many employers have used the delaying tactics to retaliate against workers who try to organize, and intimidate others into rejecting a union.

This war on workers' rights is an assault on the middle class, and it is undermining the American economy.

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[dynasaw]

1. Stupid Republicans Don't See the Connection

between workers who are well paid and their ability to purchase goods and services--including goods
manufactured by Republican owned companies. Some one ought to point out unionism is good for businesses.

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Undermining the American economy is the key to the plan.

Ship the job overseas in the name of competitiveness, put everybody out of work, break the unions, kill off any notion of pensions or benefits. Once capitulation is achieved bring the jobs back then tout the end of organized labor as the reason for the economic "miracle".