The Communication Workers of America, the United Auto Workers, the United Steelworkers, and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, have announced that they will work together to develop common strategies and share resources to elect pro-union political candidates.
The new alliance, born out of desperation, is determined to invest millions of dollars to achieve its goals, which include not only electing pro-union politicians, but also passing the Employee Free Choice Act (i.e., card checks that violate the sanctity of secret ballot elections) and the re-negotiation of NAFTA, which would have a deleterious effect on our economy,
This alliance is indicative of organized labor’s intent to win new members, increase pro-union representation in both houses of Congress, and to hurt both Corporate America and consumers by eliminating the manifold benefits that have resulted from NAFTA. Organized labor’s self interest is short-sighted and not in the long-term interests of the United States.
