It would be bribery if a CEO wrote the legislation and appeared with the governor when he announces and signs the law. That is, if the CEO's corporation donated massive amounts of $$$ to the governor's campaign.
I remember in high school I worked at fred meyer and was forced to pay union dues while making minimum wage. What is it the union was doing for me besides lowering my take home wage below minimum wage again? You're right though, I had the option to leave and made the most of it.
Or, that union employees have the option to contribute--separate from their union dues--funds to the union for political activity, and unions are restricted to only those funds with regard to political spending.
So.....if unions contributed to Republican politicians it would be okay? The fact that public employee unions generally contribute to the Democrats is why plenty of public employees file for the rebate. But maybe if Republican politicians looked out for ALL their constituents rather than their corporate masters we wouldn't be having this debate. Unions exist as a bulwark against corporate abuse (read your history) be it public or private. Unions are as corrupt as the corporations. But at least they did far more for guys like me than than did management in both the public and private sectors. Regardless of some opinions, public employees are not public property. They have a right to representation. This is still America, like it or don't.
In some towns, the only employer of note is a company infected by a union. Infected? Infested. Either works.
I favor unions, collective bargaining, protecting striking workers from violence, etc.
Why aren't you pro choice? I am.
Bullshit. What could be more American. Justice goes to the highest bidder and has since this country was founded. It's called "Capitalism". Unions exist in an effort to level the playing field. And it still isn't even close. Really read the history of organized labor. The unions learned every one of their tricks (dirty or otherwise) at the feet of their corporate masters. Big business has only themselves to blame for organized labor and it can't be argued otherwise. And as far as unfounded liabilities go........as much as you and most everyone else would like to blame the public employee unions, that is far and away one of the biggest political fallacies in existence. If there really and truly are unfounded liabilities, the vast majority of the blame goes to the politicians and bureaucrats. They created the situation by refusing to pay reasonable wages. When they couldn't recruit talent, they (not the unions) created the PERS system because it was cheaper than paying up front. It snowballed from there. I spent 30 years in the public sector (and five years in the private sector working in a public facility). Not even once in all those years did the unions EVER bargain for retirement benefits when it came time to negotiate a contract. Instead, it was the public employer voluntarily offering the retirement in lieu of improving pay and other benefits because, as noted, it was cheaper up front. Now (supposedly) the bill has come due and all of a sudden it's the public employee union's fault. Talk about revisionist history....They only took what was offered. Your "corruption" is, in reality, nothing more than political stupidity and shortsightedness. And it was all started by the Republicans....the Democrats just picked up the ball and ran with it......and FWIW, I fought with every union I ever belonged to because they have the wrongheaded idea that the union members work for them, rather than the other way around. I just couldn't bend over for that. But I still respected their right to exist......and I appreciated their efforts on my behalf.