U.S. Trade Unions and building our infrastructure
Paraphrased: “When the government of a country wants to build a high-speed rail system, it is done.” This is what I heard Pres. Obama say several months ago.
In my opinion, he was saying countries like China do not have to deal with the politics of multiple trade unions to build meaningful infrastructure projects.
I wonder if there were trade unions involved in the building of the Great Wall of China or the pyramids in Egypt or the building of the city of Dubai? If there were trade unions, were they involved in the politics of the country or did they just mind their own business tending to the time consuming affairs of building? Were race and ethnicity a concern?
I am mindful that the re-building of the World Trade Towers has not been completed in the ten years since the beginning of its construction. I am mindful of the many calls highlighting our crumbling infrastructure and the desperate pleas for something to be done. And finally, I am mindful in the U.S., when any construction is proposed, multiple trade unions are the threads that bind; the proverbial rock and hard place.
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. Could efforts at union busting have been the underlying factor for Citizens United Vs. Federal Election Commission (FEC)?
In my opinion, he was saying countries like China do not have to deal with the politics of multiple trade unions to build meaningful infrastructure projects.
I wonder if there were trade unions involved in the building of the Great Wall of China or the pyramids in Egypt or the building of the city of Dubai? If there were trade unions, were they involved in the politics of the country or did they just mind their own business tending to the time consuming affairs of building? Were race and ethnicity a concern?
I am mindful that the re-building of the World Trade Towers has not been completed in the ten years since the beginning of its construction. I am mindful of the many calls highlighting our crumbling infrastructure and the desperate pleas for something to be done. And finally, I am mindful in the U.S., when any construction is proposed, multiple trade unions are the threads that bind; the proverbial rock and hard place.
Wisconsin Republicans Sneak Through Union-Busting Bill without Democrats
E.D. Kain, Contributor
Excerpt:
Well if they flip the state senate, which is obviously their goal with eight recalls going on right now, they can take control of the labor unions. If we win this battle, and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions, certainly what you’re going to find is President Obama is going to have a much difficult, much more difficult time getting elected and winning the state of Wisconsin.
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This is what the union-busting bills across the country are about. In Michigan, in Indiana, in Ohio, in Wisconsin, and elsewhere. They’re about breaking the Democratic party and demoralizing and defunding its base.
Read more at:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/03/09/wisconsin-republicans-sneak-through-union-busting-bill-without-democrats/
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. Could efforts at union busting have been the underlying factor for Citizens United Vs. Federal Election Commission (FEC)?
posted by BB at 10:47 PM
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