Squashed Like Bugs

Big union bosses suffered an ignominious defeat Tuesday in their ill-conceived attempt to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.  Squashed like the pesty bugs that they are, labor fat-cats were spurned at the polls even by their own dues paying members.  Taken as a sign that this victory for fiscal conservatives is part of a national trend, presaging (see WOW) a major change in November, Wall Street responded on Wednesday with a gain of 286 points, its best day yet of 2012.  And no, it wasn’t because of the proposed rescue of Spain’s banks by the European Central Bank.

A National Trend

Election results in other states provide ample evidence that anti-union sentiment is not limited to one region of the country.  In San Jose, California, for example, almost 70% of the electorate voted for pension reform which will affect pension payouts for city workers as well as requiring new negotiating parameters with public employee unions.  The results of Tuesday’s election are all the more impressive when you consider that the State of Wisconsin and the City of San Jose, California are not exactly bastions of conservative thinking.  Considering that unions poured millions of dollars into Wisconsin to defeat Governor Walker it appears that organized labor has been hit between the eyes with a two-by-four!

Unions are Obsolete

Labor unions are now seen as obsolete dinosaurs left over from the early part of the last century.  No one would deny that in the beginning they served the purpose of defining and securing healthy, safe and fair working conditions for American workers.  For many years now those conditions have been guaranteed by state and federal labor laws, leaving the unions with no real purpose other than to serve as Democrat political action committees and to otherwise stir up trouble (called rabble rousing) in order to continue collecting dues.  As a consequence, less than 7% of private sector workers in the United States now belong to unions and many government employees only join because they are required to.  Governor Scott Walker’s outstanding leadership and gentlemanly approach, along with his stunning success in turning around the Wisconsin economy have provided a dramatic contrast to the strident, greedy and desperate labor union bosses.  We are delighted to see that the people of Wisconsin have abandoned the dinosaurs and joined Governor Walker’s team.