It’s ‘Labor Day,’ not ‘Union Day’
TO THE EDITOR:
Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers and their contribution to our free society, but that won’t stop union bosses from stealing the spotlight to push their own agendas.
Despite this, there is still much to celebrate this Labor Day. Workers from across the country have made substantial gains for workplace freedom.
In America’s newest right-to-work state, a growing number of workers from across Michigan are joining the fight to protect their right to work from union bosses. In Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court upheld in its entirety Gov. Scott Walker’s public-sector unionism reforms, commonly known as “Act 10,” which grants right to work protections to most Wisconsin government employees.
Meanwhile, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., staved off unwanted United Auto Workers unionization via a backroom deal between company and union officials that featured a coercive card check campaign.
And in Illinois, a mother named Pam Harris, joined by other parents and family members who provide home-based personal care to special needs individuals, took a corrupt quid pro quo government unionization scheme all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
But despite these big victories for worker freedom, more work remains.
Poll after poll shows that the American people overwhelmingly oppose forced union dues and affiliation and over 93 percent of private-sector workers have chosen not to join a union.
