Hilda Solis, Secretary of Unions | The Freeman | Ideas On LibertyLenin argued that communism is so obviously virtuous that any worker who resists it must be a victim of “false consciousness.” He cannot think straight because his oppressors have muddled his brain.
Hilda Solis, Obama’s secretary of unions – oops, labor – thinks a bit like Lenin. She thinks labor unions are so obviously virtuous that any worker who votes against unionization does so only because evil labor relations consultants have conspired with the worker’s malevolent employer to muddle the worker’s brain.
Public comments on Solis’s proposed rule to impede labor relations consultants who advise employers on how legally to avoid unionization ended on September 21. Despite an overwhelming preponderance of comments against the proposed rule, Solis seems intent on proceeding.
The 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act was enacted to try to clean up union corruption like that portrayed in the 1954 film On The Waterfront. The principal malefactor in the film was union boss and thug Johnny Friendly who ran his union for his own benefit at the expense of rank-and-file members. The Act specifies a bill of rights for rank-and-file union members, and it imposes reporting requirements on both unions and employers.
Unions must report how they use the union dues they extract from workers and fees taken from nonmember employees. Elaine Chao, George W. Bush’s secretary of labor, forced unions to give details of their expenditures. Secretary Solis rescinded those requirements and now permits unions to lump their expenditures into broad categories designed to keep the rank-and-file, well, muddled.
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