Cool news - Unions get their wings clipped
I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA -- Unions are a major component of working society. They filled a need. 100 years ago, the idea of picking up and moving to another city was a foreign concept -- people simply did not do this. Back then, there were only a few employers in any large city so they got to write the rules on working conditions and pay. People began to Unionize and this process improved conditions for both the employees and the employers.
The workers got a humane wage and working conditions, the employers could visit the Union Hall, state that they needed ten Machinists to run some metal lathes and the Union (which at that time spent money training the workers (more skilled workers -- better pay therefore higher Union dues)) would have those people waiting at the factory door that next morning.
WW-I and WW-2 happened and then, in the 1950's through the 1990's, the Unions began to get politicized. They sought to extend their power into the political arena to advance their cause. It was very common for people to move around the USA now so they did not have their '
captive workers' to protect.
What did they do? They followed
Jerry Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy:
Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people�:First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisers in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
And the story? From Andrea Ryan at
The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: Supreme Court Rules Against SEIU And All Unions
The SEIU mob won�t like this one bit.
It�s a great day for freedom. While the Supreme Court has postponed announcing their ruling on ObamaCare and Arizona Immigration, they did issue a decision in the Knox v. SEIU case. A strong 7-2 vote ruled, not only against the SEIU, but against all labor unions.
FoxNews reports,The Supreme Court says a union must give nonmembers an immediate chance to object to unexpected fee increases that all workers are required to pay in closed-shop situations.
The court on Thursday ruled for Dianne Knox and other nonmembers of the Service Employees International Union�s Local 1000, who wanted to object and opt out of a $12 million special assessment the union required from its California public sector members. Knox and others said the union did not give them a legally required notice that the increase was coming.
The union, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said the annual notice that the union gives was sufficient. The high court disagreed in a 7-2 judgment written by Justice Samuel Alito.
This is very good news. I still see a need for Unions but they need to be in touch with reality and also, as most Unions are 501(c)3 organizations, they need to drop their political component. Violates Federal Law.
Finally,
23 States are
Right-To-Work states -- this number needs to grow. Just as it was 100 years ago, it should be a choice and not mandatory.
Posted by DaveH at June 21, 2012 10:32 PM