The Union (R)evolution

First off, let me state three important facts. I have friends and family who are union members. I was in a union for a short span of time myself. Most people who belong to unions are intelligent in my view. However, while many people see the union as "looking out for our rights", in reality that is secondary to their real purpose. While unions were a necessary part of our development in the distant past, they have now evolved into just another arm of the progressive movement. They see their members as a "cash cow" that will allow them to pursue and promote their progressive agenda's. And while they claim to be available to represent you in times of need, how many of you have really needed representation from your union during your career? Historically, there are less than 5% of individuals who need union representation. If you are honest with yourself, you must admit those people probably aren't doing their share of the work anyway. And in fact most are probably a drain on morale, are lazy, and shouldn't be employed anyway. So, why do you need a union? Oh yeah, I remember, the unions negotiate your "pay package". Did it ever occur to you that your "pay package" could be negotiated by you - through your performance - by making yourself invaluable to the company that employs you? Do you honestly believe that some company would seriously under compensate your performance, and risk losing you to a competitor, if your value to the company was indisputable? In most cases I would argue no. And if they did, there's nothing that says you must remain working for that company - go find a company that will adequately compensate your worth. Which leads me to negotiated pay scales and raises - everyone gets the same amount based upon time with the company regardless of how well they (or you) perform. Is that fair to the people working hard? This is a tactic based upon progressive ideology - it's socialism at the grass roots. It provides a disincentive to work hard, and over time, in many cases, creates an environment where productivity is lessened, revenue and profit is lessened, and the strength of the company is diminished - take a look at GM, once one of the biggest companies in the world! Now ruined by union greed. No, my friends, the real purpose of the union is to push a progressive agenda by supporting, progressive candidates and programs. They do that by collecting your money - even though you don't need them. And to ensure they have enough money, they are constantly trying to increase their membership. And when that's not enough, they raise your dues. Maybe locally, maybe nationally - but it doesn't matter, it's less money in your pocket. All the while they're telling you that the dues is worth it, after all they're getting you more money in your paycheck. Are they? Have you ever been involved in the negotiation process? Do you know what goes on in there? To "prove" their worth to you, the union's must always negotiate for more. There's no way around that, until the company has no more to give and goes bankrupt - again I reference the car manufacturing companies. Now I know there are millions of union members who are more conservative thinking than the union hierarchy. What do you think would happen if all of you got out of your union(s)? Would the union cease to exist? No. But you would sharply hamper union organizations from pledging huge sums of money to candidates with progressive-leaning ideologies. And in the long term, you would be doing something proactively that would help to prevent the continued slide into socialism that we find ourselves in today. Is America worth that? The problem as I see it is that everyone looks at their life in a short-sighted manner. They look at what they can have now, today. The "what's best for me" mentality. But they have failed to see what that philosophy has done to America, how much weaker she has become. Most Americans have not employed forethought, so now, in retrospect, we see a country nearly consumed by the progressive parasites that feed on her. She is just a husk of what she once was, and that's sad. There is still time to save her, but it will take action. Remember what John F. Kennedy once said. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country." It is widely accepted that JFK was a great man, and would have been a great president. So how did we manage to stray so far from his philosophy? It's time for you to do for your country. Act now - stop paying union dues and leave the union! Wake up America!