Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Wal-Mart in Union Cross-Hairs
It did not take long. Hard on the heels of a successful legislative triumph in Maryland, unions and their pals in the General Assembly want to require firms with more than 10,000 employees in Pennsylvania to spend at least 9 percent of their state payroll on health insurance. One can only hope that the Republican led legislature in Harrisburg will show this legislation to the waste can where it deserves to be.
If the AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union really want to do something to boost the earnings and benefits of America’s low skill and entry level workers they should be staunchly and vociferously supporting legislation to close the U.S.A’s southern border to illegal aliens. Can it be that they believe all the incoming illegals represent new union members and Democratic voters?
But until that happens, the unions are resorting to their old habits, which includes having the legislature pass more laws to help them when they cannot get what they want under current laws. If some people lose their jobs, well that is just too bad. The greater good, that is, the union’s view of what is good, must be served.
In Pennsylvania of all places, it should be clear by now just how anti-business and anti-competitive market the state’s business climate is because of all the pro-union laws already on the books. This latest union proposal will tie another anchor around the state’s ability to grow its private sector.
If the AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union really want to do something to boost the earnings and benefits of America’s low skill and entry level workers they should be staunchly and vociferously supporting legislation to close the U.S.A’s southern border to illegal aliens. Can it be that they believe all the incoming illegals represent new union members and Democratic voters?
But until that happens, the unions are resorting to their old habits, which includes having the legislature pass more laws to help them when they cannot get what they want under current laws. If some people lose their jobs, well that is just too bad. The greater good, that is, the union’s view of what is good, must be served.
In Pennsylvania of all places, it should be clear by now just how anti-business and anti-competitive market the state’s business climate is because of all the pro-union laws already on the books. This latest union proposal will tie another anchor around the state’s ability to grow its private sector.
