I am posting the below letter I received from Mark Mix of the National Right to Work Committee. It concerns the union threat to disrupt the Super Bowl tomorrow.
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Dear Gary,
Stunned that Indiana is now a Right to Work state, and seething with anger, Indiana union bosses are threatening to unleash their fury at Sunday's Super Bowl in Indianapolis.
The Big Labor hierarchy and their allies are fuming that union bosses will no longer be able to force Indiana workers into dues-paying ranks after the Hoosier State enacted the nation's 23rd Right to Work law on Wednesday.
"Why aren't states scrambling to embrace right-to-work laws?" one economic analyst asked this week.
"Fear of Big Labor," she answered.
Big Labor's intimidation racket is on full display right now in Indiana.
"You can tell them we'll take the Super Bowl and shove it," one Teamster union boss threatened.
He later told a local TV station that union militants plan to parks trucks to prevent football fans from entering and leaving the stadium -- a despicable threat that if carried out could pose a serious danger to public safety.
"This is a life-or-death struggle," one forced-unionism sympathizer absurdly claimed -- in opposition to a bill that simply ensures that no worker can be compelled to join or pay dues to a labor organization as a condition of employment.
That's a principle supported by nearly 80 percent of Americans -- including union members themselves.
Protest, of course, is a fundamental exercise of First Amendment rights to speech and association.
Tea Party activists and other concerned citizens have peacefully rallied to protest Obamacare and other Big Labor-backed expansions of government power.
But what union thugs are threatening isn't just another protest.
If cooler heads prevail by Sunday, football fans attending the game and the tens of millions of Americans watching at home will surely be relieved.
But it's deeply troubling -- and telling -- how quickly union tyrants and their allies will resort to threats and intimidation to protect Big Labor's forced-dues power over American workers.
The Giants are taking on the Patriots on Sunday. But there's another battle going on outside the stadium and all over the country, a battle about power versus freedom.
No matter who you're rooting for in the game on Sunday, it's clear that the union militants are on the wrong side.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
P.S. The National Right to Work Committee relies on your voluntary contributions to fund its programs. Please chip in with a contribution of $10 or more today.
Stunned that Indiana is now a Right to Work state, and seething with anger, Indiana union bosses are threatening to unleash their fury at Sunday's Super Bowl in Indianapolis.
The Big Labor hierarchy and their allies are fuming that union bosses will no longer be able to force Indiana workers into dues-paying ranks after the Hoosier State enacted the nation's 23rd Right to Work law on Wednesday.
"Why aren't states scrambling to embrace right-to-work laws?" one economic analyst asked this week.
"Fear of Big Labor," she answered.
Big Labor's intimidation racket is on full display right now in Indiana.
"You can tell them we'll take the Super Bowl and shove it," one Teamster union boss threatened.
He later told a local TV station that union militants plan to parks trucks to prevent football fans from entering and leaving the stadium -- a despicable threat that if carried out could pose a serious danger to public safety.
"This is a life-or-death struggle," one forced-unionism sympathizer absurdly claimed -- in opposition to a bill that simply ensures that no worker can be compelled to join or pay dues to a labor organization as a condition of employment.
That's a principle supported by nearly 80 percent of Americans -- including union members themselves.
Protest, of course, is a fundamental exercise of First Amendment rights to speech and association.
Tea Party activists and other concerned citizens have peacefully rallied to protest Obamacare and other Big Labor-backed expansions of government power.
But what union thugs are threatening isn't just another protest.
If cooler heads prevail by Sunday, football fans attending the game and the tens of millions of Americans watching at home will surely be relieved.
But it's deeply troubling -- and telling -- how quickly union tyrants and their allies will resort to threats and intimidation to protect Big Labor's forced-dues power over American workers.
The Giants are taking on the Patriots on Sunday. But there's another battle going on outside the stadium and all over the country, a battle about power versus freedom.
No matter who you're rooting for in the game on Sunday, it's clear that the union militants are on the wrong side.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
P.S. The National Right to Work Committee relies on your voluntary contributions to fund its programs. Please chip in with a contribution of $10 or more today.
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Maybe the protesters will succeed in keeping Madonna off stage during half time. (That would be a good thing.) Other than that, look for the union thugs to give America another reason to support Right to Work legislation.
Look for the union label.
"Whadda ya mean youse don't wanna join da union?"
Just see how fast they are arrested, how fast they are out of the picture if they try to disrupt the Super Bowl.
ReplyDeleteThe powers that be (NFL) will allow nothing to disturb this annual rite.
It will be fun to watch though.
For capitalists, fear of organized labor is the beginning of wisdom.
ReplyDeleteThe union may be mightier than the NFL.
Spoken like a true Marxist, Siarlys. Don't get your hopes up. The Indianapolis Colts may not be there today, but I say, "Go Indianapolis cops!"
ReplyDeleteYou're in Orange County, Gary, so I doubt anyone in Indianapolis is looking to you for direction. Once Section 14(b) of the Taft Hartley Act is repealed, all state "right to work for less" laws will be null and void. Marxist? Karl or Groucho? Do you even know the difference? Class struggle had been going on for centuries before Karl deigned to notice. By the way, do you know if there is still as Carl Marks cafe in Moscow, Idaho? (I believe it had three owners, two guys named Mark and one named Carl.)
ReplyDeleteGreat game! Giants: 21 Patriots: 17
ReplyDeleteNo union trouble!
No occupy trouble!
Just a bunch of hot air!
Just to try to stay current, reposting the following from a previous topic on right-to-work which worked its way to the second (old) page of posts, at least on my screen.
ReplyDeleteSiarlys Jenkins said "...thanks to the efforts of the Right to Work gangsters". February 3, 2012 12:29 PM
“Siarlys Jenkins said "...Mark and his band of thugs..."
February 3, 2012 5:12 PM”
Just when I begin to imagine I have seen/heard it all, I learn that I have not. Both historically and currently, the infiltration, permeation, and influence/control of many prominent unions (and unionized industries, for that matter) by REAL gangsters/thugs (killers, bribers, extortionists, strong armers, fixers, etc., as in Mafia/organized crime figures, as well as “unconnected” individuals) are, I believe, well established .
Looks to me like references to right-to-work supporters as gangsters and thugs by an apparent union supporter/advocate (and possible/probable union member??) is fairly equivalent to, if not in fact identical with, an old, filthy, never washed, fish camp/open wood fire pot calling a brand new, unused, shiny stainless steel kettle black.
That is, of course, unless this Mark Mix (who I admittedly never heard of before) and/or his minions have criminal intelligence/arrest/conviction records of which I am also unaware, and which is certainly also quite possible. I would welcome some enlightenment in that regard.
Elwood,
ReplyDeletehere is a homework assignment for you. Star around 1950 and list all the Teamsters presidents who went to prison and who didn't go to prison.
Gary, there was only one Teamster president in 1950.There were no more than 3 between 1950 and 1980: Dan Tobin, Jimmy Hoffa, and Frank Fitzsimmons.
ReplyDeleteNow, go watch the movie F.I.S.T., which certainly provides a realistic look at corruption in a union, and where it came from, but you would not find the hero (who gets killed standing up to the gangsters) arguing for a Right to Work Law.
Siarlys,
ReplyDeleteNot aware of Dan Tobin, but Hoffa and Fitzsimmons were crooks.
You want me to watch some movie??
@ Siarlys
ReplyDeleteIf you want to know about corruption in a union just ask any rank-and-file Teamster. My son-in-law is a Teamster and does he rant about it.