"There's No Need To Subject The Workers To An Election"

I personally witnessed the destruction of the major unionized trucking companies in the 1980's. At the time I was an independent trucker. Contrary to what some think, it was not the independent truckers that did in the major unionized trucking companies and put them out of business. The trucking deregulation act of 1980 is what undercut the unionized companies and made them unable to pay the ridiculously high wages demanded by Teamsters at the time. Why did the trucking deregulation act of 1980 come about? Practically all industry in the USA demanded this law be passed. The reason was American industry was tired of being ripped off and receiving lousy service. Real competition had to be re-introduced and the union's control on wages broken before the entire American economy was hurt even more. Yes, the teamsters, the primary union representing truckers was harming seriously the entire American economy. Something had to be done and it was. Now, I tell you this story not because anything concerning trucking means anything here. What's important is that this is an example of the power of a union and what that power can do when abused. (Hurt the entire nation's economy!) It is also an example of how the companies, the employers, also have power to strike back. The employer ultimately can abandon unreasonable employees. The employer can even move overseas. Employers are rare special people and need to be treated with respect. Union officials mostly have no clue of what it takes to keep a business profitable or create a job. Union officials mostly are not special in the way of employers in having talent or knowledge for keeping a business actually in business. Giving unions too much control is the path to ruin. Just like the union trucking companies almost all went bankrupt in the 1980's, so to could most of American industry if unions get all that they want. The story of the teamsters union and the unionized trucking companies from the 1980's has a valuable lesson for us all.

When you eliminate the secret ballot, which is what the democrats and unions want to do, then you make those who vote against the union bosses wishes target, who then can be harassed, intimidated, and worse. It is no secret that unions have been tied to organized crime, and also have ties to communists. 0bama has been taking big donations from the unions, despite his talk against special interests. It is my opinion that the unions should be outlawed as they cause far more problems then they solve... and because they are little more than a PAC for the democrats and their anti-American communist agenda.

I always believed that offering the workers shares in the company was the way to go. As for letting the workers sign cards rather then secret ballots is not right. It looks like intimidation and it does worry me, that perhaps if Obama becomes President, he might decide to do away with secret ballots for the next election and then through intimidation he would win again. So I see this as a bad thing. Why not have the workers and the employers cooperate so there will be no need of unions except for what they were originally planned, to see that the workers get decent wages, decent hours, and decent medical and group health insurance, sick leave, and vacation time?