Radical Unions shoot themselves in foot

The AFL-CIO is suffering from defections.

The AFL-CIO splintered on Monday, spooking some Democratic Party leaders and the ranks of organized workers, their futures in the hands of labor rebels who bolted the 50-year-old federation vowing to reverse the steep decline in union membership.

The Service Employees International Union and Teamsters will be leaving the AFL-CIO with the UFCW and UNITE HERE expected to leave the AFL-CIO later.

This would be another example of the far-left wing trying to act like they are the majority of their party/group and causing more damage. The 2004 elections were a case of that. By endorsing Michael Moore as their Hollywood emissary and spokesperson the lunatic wing of the left alienated the moderate voters and diminished the voice of the moderate Democrat.

AFSCME's contract negotiations of late have been the same. They tout their memberships to be higher and stronger than they actually are as a show for the public. Eventually the leadership convince themselves of that lie in numbers and that the inflated membership numbers represent a group of people that hold their similar extremist and militant views.

Here these rougue unions are breaking away from the AFL-CIO because they want to expand the power of the unions. WHAT?.

What I heard was that United Food and Commercial Workers was upset at the AFL-CIO's inability to recruit and unionize industries that do not need unionizing, industries such as fast food, restaurants and retail. (If you unionize them prices will rise and revenues fall. Since the union hacks do not understand what that means let me explain: Less money available for jobs and benefits.)

Let them split. Unions necessity has passed by, their power is over representational and organized labor needs to ride of into the sunset. They did their job: they got us through the rough years through the mid-1900's. Good bye, good riddance and give me my union dues refund please.