Labor Unions Declare War on GOP and Tea Party

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Yesterday was Labor Day. The holiday is meaningless, to me. I would rather work on Labor Day. I make more money on a full day of work than on a paid holiday, and even more so on Labor Day because we don't get holiday pay for Labor Day. We only don't work because there is no work available on that day.

When you think of Labor Day, you think of the labor unions, and as a conservative, and a constitutionalist, I see the labor unions as a real problem in this country. After all, Marxist socialism was the inspiration for the labor movement. Don't get me wrong, I get it that in the beginning the unions were an integral part of changing the laws for the protection of the workforce against corrupt business practices. But now that we have a whole slew of laws in place to protect the workers, what good is the continued existence of the unions?

My primary concern with unions is specifically with the public unions, which are nothing less than a money laundering operation for the corrupt politicians to buy votes. But even the private labor unions are a problem, for worker's rights are no longer the reason the union leaders bargain on the other side of the table.

When a private labor union forces a corporation into a bad deal, it puts a strain on the company, often sending these corporations into bankruptcy. This causes a loss of investment with the shareholders, a loss of jobs in the system, and a loss of production in our economy.

If the public union forces a bad deal, the tax payers get screwed.

If the private unions really cared about the workers, they would not be striking deals that destroy the companies, and result in the loss of jobs. It is about power, and about money, not the protection of the workers.

The conservative members of the GOP, and the Tea Party, are finally willing to take on the unions head on, and the bully mentality of the union leadership is rising to the surface. In fact, Jimmy Hoffa of the Teamsters said of the Tea Party, "Let's take these son of bitches out!"

Sound like a kind organization that only worries about worker's rights? Sounds more like the mafia.

The economic reality is that unions can actually kill job security because of the ridiculous deals they demand, including outrageous pensions, and cadillac health care plans, that wind up hindering any growth the corporation may have in the works.

The unions, in 2009, thought they had the right guy in office to push through an agenda that would help their sagging popularity, and maybe return the unions to the might of before. Obama, it turned out, has done little for them in their opinion, and now the conservative right has launched fight after fight against the unions in order to balance the budgets of the States, and protect the producers of the private sector. The battles in places like Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio are becoming legendary, and the Republicans are succeeding in their goals, which often includes curbing collective bargaining rights.

As the right-to-work frenzy begins taking hold in other States, unions are scrambling to fight the GOP's efforts, and feeling like they are having to do so without much help from the party they have been supporting all along.

In fact, the AFL-CIO's president, Richard Trumka, says it's part of a new strategy for labor to build an independent voice separate from the Democrat Party. Obama has proven to them that they can't get what they want out of the democrats like they used to.

With the failure of the democrats to pass card-check, and other legislation that would make it easier for unions to con workers into the organizations, the unions are quite disappointed.

On top of that, the Obama administration came out in favor of trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama that most unions felt would send many of their potential workers overseas. And since taking office, Obama has not done anything about the minimum wage. . . even though he campaigned on it.

Obama also declined union invitations to go to Wisconsin to help defend against Governor Scott Walker's plans to eliminate collective bargaining rights.

The unions realize they are not the political force they once were, and as Hoffa's words of anger revealed, they are fighting mad about it.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

Hoffa Threatens GOP At Obama Event: "Take These Son Of Bitches Out" - Real Clear Politics

Labor Unions Adjust to New Reality Under Obama - Associated Press

OBAMA DECLARES HE’S ‘PROUD’ OF HOFFA AFTER HOFFA DECLARES ‘WAR’ ON TEA PARTY ‘SONS-OF-BITCHES’ - Breitbart TV