Once again, the progressive socialist unionized democrats attack free enterprise and picket Wal-Mart …

The unions are fond of demonizing management and demanding “social justice” for their workers. According to published reports, if every Wal-Mart executive was to forfeit their pay and benefits, it would amount to approximately ten cents per hour in an employee’s paycheck – subject to the additional taxes imposed by the progressive socialist democrats for their support of illegal aliens and the purchase of political power by doling out contracts, grants, and subsidies to the special interests who fund their campaign.

Not to mention that unionized workers will pay dues and possibly have their pensions and healthcare controlled by self-serving union bosses who feather their own nest first. Unions that may have an association with thuggery – including organized crime.

And, if you do not believe that highly-compensated and motivated managerial expertise is need to keep Wal-Mart as a productive company, just consider the employee losses and declining fortunes of Sears, K-Mart, JCPenny, and other brick-and-mortar retailers who are fighting a war against electronic retailers like Amazon and the Chinese Alibaba.

So before you condemn the management of Wal-Mart, consider what the socialist unions have added to our gross domestic product: higher prices, longer delivery schedules, and lower quality goods. In fact, consider what they have done to the steel, textile, automotive, aviation, railway, postal service and shipping industries. Look at the number of formerly competitive enterprises that have outsourced their activities to non-union states or abroad.

The unions are fond of quoting the disparity between executive pay and the workers – not once considering that most of the lower-level and mid-level employees are incapable of strategic thinking and running a large major enterprise.

The truth that nobody mentions …

We live in a consumer economy financed mostly by credit. It is in your best interests to spend less than you make and to reduce your debt burden to keep from paying interest on non-productive assets that deteriorate and depreciate the moment they are purchased. We trade our hard-earned dollars for the latest and greatest gadgets to convince ourselves and others that we are successful. We buy incremental performance at inflated prices that have an inverse cost/benefit ratio. Whether for convenience or ego-stroking, consider reducing your purchases this year, and the next, and the next. Do not confuse the trappings of wealth (expensive homes, cars, accessories, etc.) with having wealth and real financial resilience.

But if you must purchase goods and services, do it at the lost cost provider like Wal-Mart. After all, companies who offer lower cost goods and services benefit the poor and middle class – the very people the unions purport to benefit.

Proof …

If unions were sincerely interested in the economy of local communities, you would not see organized opposition to big box stores fronted by so-called community activists. You would not see lawsuits demanding environmental impact studies. And, you would not see the suggestion that the community could benefit if only the store were unionized. Instead, local employees and the tax-base of the community suffer as the store moves down the road to a friendlier environment that is more appreciative of the jobs and the tax base. And, the activists and agitators move on to their next target. (pun intended)

Bottom line …

Before you condemn a company’s management, show me what the union adds to the mix – ignoring merit for seniority, increasing labor costs without a corresponding increase in productivity, fighting modernization, and imposing insane work rules that slice and dice work to be spread over a multiplicity of unnecessary workers – all paying union dues.

Show me where the union treats its members fairly by respecting their political wishes. Tell me that unions do not produce political corruption and sweetheart deals that benefit the union, politicians, and do great damage to our economy.

So before you take that lying “information” brochure from a worker who probably does not work at the site, think about what you are supporting. Think about how many employees must be shed to deal with increased wages without increased productivity. Think about the entry-level and part-time positions that were designed to help new employees acclimate to the workforce – not become a career position that could support a family of four. And, think about handing the levers of power to a parasitic union that cares nothing about the host it devours – only how much life is left before the enterprise is consumed by the cancer.

If you sincerely want to help workers, patronize their companies. Make them stronger, not weaker.

-- steve

I am no fan of unions …

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