Sound Politics: Democrats: Pro-Union, anti-worker

January 26, 2006

Democrats: Pro-Union, anti-worker

To gain more perspective on the Washington Democrats' union-pandering campaign against Wal-Mart, consider two bits of Wal-Mart news from other states.

In Chicago: "Thousands apply for jobs at new Wal-Mart"

Eighteen months after the Chicago City Council torpedoed a South Side Wal-Mart, 24,500 Chicagoans applied for 325 jobs at a Wal-Mart opening Friday in south suburban Evergreen Park, one block outside the city limits.

Obviously, not everybody thinks that working for Wal-Mart is as bad of a deal as do the richly-paid bosses of Washington's government employee unions. Regulating Wal-Mart to the point of reducing its presence in this state would have a real opportunity cost of lost jobs and economic development, as has happened in Maryland.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at January 26, 2006 02:04 PM | Email This

Comments

1. I guess a socialist republic is what unionites want...

Posted by: A Watchdog on January 26, 2006 02:18 PM

2. Ya gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette, Stefan. This must be viewed, not in the context of a few people who may need to find different jobs, but in context of the union movement as a whole...

(sarc off)

Posted by: South County on January 26, 2006 02:48 PM

3. THE UNIONS...ERRR I MEAN... THE TACOMA CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP WAL*MART OUT OF TACOMA FOR A LONG TIME NOW...THEY ARE EVEN GOING AS FAR TO SUE THE CITY OF FIRCREST TO KEEP WAL*MART OUT OF THAT CITY BECAUSE IT MAY INTERFEAR WITH TACOMA TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

SHOULD I REMIND YOU ABOUT THE CITY OF TACOMA AND COST CO WITH THE STORE LOCATED AT 38TH & STEELE ST...AND ITS TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.

ALL THE CITY OF TACOMA TRANSGRESSIONS ON THAT DEAL STILL GAG ME!!! THEY GAVE THE FARM AND THE TRACTOR TO COST CO ON THAT ONE!!!

Posted by: TACOMA PHLASH on January 26, 2006 03:40 PM

4. Thanks for posting the Maryland story. Couldn't believe it when I read it. There are legislative morons everywhere. And the MD assembly is dominated by Montgomery County, PG County and, of course, Baltimore City and Baltimore County...none of whom give a rip about the more rural counties.

Posted by: NWconservative on January 26, 2006 06:21 PM

5. If the dimwits who think of these stupid plans would get their heads out of their rears, they should stop and think about the CONSEQUENCES of their actions. They never ever seem to see beyond their immediate goal. These plans always have ripple effects and the lamebrains who thought of them are just shocked, SHOCKED, to find out things don't go as planned. Sound Transit anyone?

Posted by: Burdabee on January 26, 2006 06:32 PM

6. We must stop Unions from being the driving force in this state. Unions will destroy our ecomony and our country. The leadership that is pulling the Queens strings do not care about anyone but themselves and keeping themselves wealthy on the backs of the people the are supposidly supporting.

Our government, both Dem & Rep, are morons. What is wrong with these people? Can they not see long term? Do they not understand what democracy is? Do they not know that capitalism drives our people towards excellence?

Unions will never create a great society, they will create the death and destruction.

Posted by: Dengle on January 26, 2006 08:28 PM

7. Clinton: Cover employees
Senator pushes for Wal-Mart's contribution to workers' health plans, but is unclear whether she took that stand as retailer's board member

BY GLENN THRUSH
WASHINGTON BUREAU

January 26, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton wants Wal-Mart to contribute to health insurance for its employees - but can't recall if she pushed for worker benefits during six years as a paid board member for the nation's largest retailer.
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Asked if she had advocated better benefits while serving as a board member with Arkansas-based Wal-Mart from 1986 to 1991, Clinton replied, "Well, you know, I, that was a long time ago ... have to remember," adding that "obviously I believe every company should" contribute to benefit plans.

Uh-huh.

Posted by: JCM on January 26, 2006 08:47 PM

8. How timely---the Eastside Journal recently ran a story on the fact that unions were hiring homeless people to picket companies for the unions. The picketers were supposed to be protesting companies that weren't paying benefits. WELL GUESS WHAT-- it was found out that the unions weren't paying the homeless people benefits!!!!!

When confronted with this inconvenient little fact, the unions just made excuses like "well, we'd like to pay them benefits but maybe at some later date we'll be able to. But we don't right now."
Phoney phoney phoney. Talk about ironies. Nobody need take these union types seriously at all. They don't believe in their own propaganda--at least not for themselves!~

Posted by: Misty on January 26, 2006 11:32 PM

9. perhaps it's time for Atlas to finally shrug.

Posted by: libertarianobserver on January 27, 2006 09:28 AM

10. libertarianobserver,

I have wondered that often myself. I am of the opinion it would only take a fraction of the producers to shrug to generate revolution.

Posted by: JCM on January 27, 2006 10:58 AM