PrintMarch 28, 2009
Labor's Agenda Undermines its Members' Livelihoods
Organized labor has accelerated its metamorphosis in recent years away from a movement committed to improving the lot of workers towards becoming a vast policy advocacy effort devoting a disproportionate share of its efforts to political operations. In doing so, much of the traditional labor movement has been hijacked by newer unions devoted to vast expansions of government and an undermining of the economy in a way that directly punishes those they call "brothers."The history of the labor movement in the United States is a dramatic one, full of stories of courage, determination and vision. It was often radicalized, flirting with the extreme left of the political spectrum, but it did so in an effort to fight for the working man who could not fight alone. While the regulatory constructs they created have, in many ways, gone awry in the hands of bureaucrats and special interest advocates, their original intent was noble. As our economy has changed and...(Read Full Article)
