Union costs businesses and taxpayers money to advance their pointless political agenda
May 1st, 2008 by Republican By DefaultUnion workers shut down the Port of Tacoma today for an illegal protest of the war in Iraq.
What do unions have to do with foreign policy? The short answer is nothing. So why do they think they can protest on company time and the taxpayer’s nickel?
In case you weren’t aware, it’s illegal for public employees in the state of Washington to strike. Unions do it all the time, but just because public officials and judges don’t do anything about it doesn’t change the law. These people should be put on trial for breaking the law. Not that it would do any good. The union would hire their lawyers (and probably get money from other unions to support their cause… exploiting employers and members) and the judges would likely dismiss the charges or suits after lengthy and costly appeals. But I wouldn’t mind my tax dollars going to strike a blow against these union thugs and in support of the rule of law in our state.
They claim they’re supporting the troops in this protest but that’s just double-talk. Nothing about what they’re doing is supportive of the troops. You can’t support the troops without supporting their mission, you can’t support the troops when you’re wasting money for the businesses that hire our troops when they’re not deployed and you’re not supporting the troops when you waste taxpayer dollars to do something that won’t do a bit of good for anyone.
It’s clear to me that unions have outlived their usefulness to the American people. Those workers have better things to do than to disrupt cargo traffic around the Pacific rim and in and around our cities. I’ll post more on the uselessness of unions another time.
Unions have nothing to say about American foreign policy. Their members can make their voices known when they vote in elections, but the union itself can do nothing. By coaxing workers to strike (while pretending that they’re innocent) shows just how weak and insignificant they really are. If the union really had the influence they want to have, they wouldn’t have to manipulate their dues-paying members to try to get a point across. They’d have the means to do it themselves. But they have nothing. And I consider that a good thing.
By the way, the media is covering these May Day protests saying that, “May Day is traditionally a day to celebrate labor and workers’ rights.” But it’s not. Labor Day is set aside for that in this country. May Day is only celebrated in other countries (particularly those in Europe) and usually has socialist backing and a socialist message. In case you weren’t aware, we’re not socialists, we’re capitalists.
If these workers want to protest, they should do in on Labor Day. Wasting the taxpayer’s money and plugging up our ports is only going to make them look bad to the people they’re hurting. Maybe if the media would cover these things accurately there would be less support for these pointless whine-fests.
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Michelle Malkin has a roundup of ‘May Day’ protest news.
