Former Bush official: unions are cartels with a violent history

http://www.examiner.com/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Former-Bush-official-unions-are-cartels-with-a-violent-history



Gregory Mankiw, former chairmen of the Bush Council of Economic Advisers and current professor of economics at Harvard, asserts in his blog that the Employee Free Choice Act “strengthens unions, and unions are a cartel.” He further parrots the canard that the EFCA takes away the secret ballot.

Dr. Mankiw has a history of supporting the economics of the robber baron. As a federal official he once asserted that outsourcing of jobs by U.S. companies is something that is "probably a plus" for the economy in the long run.

“I think outsourcing is a growing phenomenon, but it's something that we should realize is probably a plus for the economy in the long run," Mankiw said in a White House briefing on the Bush 2004 Economic Report.

He concludes his anti-union blog piece by claiming that union workers have a history of violence when organizing. “Union organizers would be able to use strong-arm tactics to get workers to say they support a union, even when privately the workers don't. In light of the sometimes violent history of the labor movement, this concern seems very real. As a matter of procedural fairness, I cannot understand why one would oppose a secret ballot.”

The Employee Free Choice Act allows workers to negotiate with their employer after a majority approve through a simple card check procedure. Current law empowers the employer with the choice to hold a second vote before negotiating, leading to delays and hostility. The EFCA empowers workers with the choice. There is no union without a contract, and there is no contract until an agreement is negotiated in good faith and approved by a majority in a secret ballot election.

and any other company mutual benefit associations are just fine. He would say, "Oh, but those are different..."

Yeah right.

like they would do in the old days to union supporters.

can still end up being little more than a well educated IDJIT.