The AFL-CIO has earmarked more than $53-million to pursue Senator John McCain at all of his presidential campaign stops.
The union believes that Senator John McCain is anti-union, and it wants to make sure that he is not our next president. Every organization and individual has the right to support or oppose any candidate running for office. However, to spend more than $53-million of union dues to effect a political result demonstrates what is wrong with the labor movement.
With fewer than 10% of private sector employees belonging to unions, organized labor is desperate to increase the number of workers in its ranks.
Organized labor, frustrated by ever diminishing returns and unable to convince many workers to join its ranks, has decided that the only way it can make progress is to elect politicians who will enact laws that are pro-union and anti-management. They feel that with a Democratic president, card checks (The Employee Free Choice Act) and other pro-union legislation will be enacted.
It’s no wonder that the McCain campaign has denounced the plans of the AFL-CIO. As one of Senator McCain’s spokespeople said, “The [union] campaign against John McCain isn’t about working families, it’s about partisan politics.” It is too bad for Corporate America, too bad for all Americans.
