This thing about UNIONS

I was wondering when Denver radio talk show host Mike Rosen would get around to talking about the Grocery store strike. I will have that link at the end of my post.

There maybe a strike coming up and it will affect the major Grocery stores along the Colorado Front Range. The stores are Albertsons, King Soopers (the front range imprint for the Kroger chain) and Safeway.

Their was a time when the Unions were a must. Their were truly indeed employers that did abuse their workers, and there needed to be something that would make the employer accountable, especially when it comes to reasonable salaries for the workers. Sadly these days the Unions have gained too much power, and if it hurts anyone its the free enterprise system, and in the end it will hurt the workers and the rest of us. Oh well you still have the government workers Unions. You can always raise taxes on the rest of us since the government can only take wealth and can't create it. The government is not bound by the Free Market trends so its easy to comply with the demands of the government unions.

For all you Wal-Mart hatters out their (and believe me I have certain issues with Wally-Mart, but not allowing Unions in their shop isn't one of them) they have become the major retailer in the United States. They are truly a monster cause the consumer will always look for the best price and see if they can get the goods for the lowest price. That was always the way the customer thought, unless you can afford a Sacks Fifth Avenue or their rival stores. Meanwhile the Targets, Kmarts, JCPenney's, of the world have to do their best they can to equal or better Wal-Mart.

At times like these I wish I had to brain power to do math. If I did I would work hard to join the Thomas Sowells of the world who understand how the free market works.

Another thing that a Union does is keep jobs that have outlived their usefulness. I have been told that because of a Printers Union, the printers that work with inkwells are able to hold on to their jobs inspite of the use of computers. Guess what? These inkwells are not being put to good use. The ink is being wasted just because these workers can't adapt to the changing times. Would you call this a waste of money too? I would.

One thing that the union leaders do (along with the government) is that THEY do the thinking for the workers. Take the case of Social Security. The union leaders DON'T want their members to take that money and put them into individually owned privately invested accounts. According to Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute a free market/libertarian think tank, the ones that would benefit would be the WORKERS.

It seems that workers must put their faith in the hands of the ruling bosses of their labor union and trust they THEY will make the best decisions for them. Is it no wonder that these Union bosses don't want 'right to work' laws and the fact they give so much to the Democratic Party? Both groups are working hard to promote collectivism and play down the concept of the individual.

They want to condition people to become depended rather than someone who can be a productive in society and rely on the Union or the government to give you what you need. They have to attack Wall Street and their selfishness to justify the means. Can you at least give your workers the CHOICE??? Guess not.

The more dependents you have the more power the union bosses and government leaders have. In the end it everyone else will LOSE.

Now as promised that link to the opinion piece by Mike Rosen
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/news_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_86_3238979,00.html