Regular Freedom@Work readers may remember Ron Bloom, a former Steelworker union operative charged with running the American auto industry from Washington. Now that car manufacturers are doing so "well," Bloom is about to get a promotion:
The Obama Administration may elevate Ron Bloom, head of the government's auto task force, to a job that would set U.S. manufacturing policy more broadly, people familiar with the matter said.
Bloom's responsibilities at the new position? They're extensive, to say the least:
As the chief policy maker on manufacturing, Bloom would be charged with reviewing U.S. competitiveness in the global economy. His job would likely encompass trade, taxes and other economic issues . . .
Just what American industry needs: another "czar" whose relevant work experience involves running struggling companies into the ground and exploiting their workers. We're sure industry leaders across the country are thrilled at the prospect of taking orders from a union czar.
The result of this personnel move seems likely to be more forced unionism, less American competitiveness, more job losses, and ultimately more bankruptcies and taxpayer-funded bailouts of corruptly run union pension plans.
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convicted rapist in charge of all women’s’ prisons
Naming the head of a large labor union as the Czar of all manufacturing businesses is like putting a person who cheats on his taxes in charge of all of our taxpayers’ dollars. Oh… that’s right; Obama has already done that. So I guess in his mind, this is no big deal. Using that logic he will probably put a convicted rapist in charge of all women’s’ prisons.
gov run business policy
The US does not need gov. interference in private business, We
Certainly do not need any more corrupt unionism. What has kept us a great nation is our business savvy and we need the ability to compete on an international level. Please stay out of free enterprise!!
It is time to really get all
It is time to really get all the records on this president. What is he hiding? Every President has provided the data relevant to his past why can't he. surrounding himself with all the socialists only proves he has taken to heart what he learned in the madrasa sp when he was a kid.
About appointing a union
About appointing a union czar. This really ticks me off! I honestly think Obama is really dumb and doesnt realize the destrution he is doing with this 100% union support. When my husband worked as a union carpenter for over 10 years I realized how bullying and corrupt they were. The unions are the OPPOSOTE of what this countrys economy needs and Obama dosnt care at all! I saw how if you were not on the union side you job prospects were nill. How can people support a President who is doing so much destruction to All its citizens. I am so mad that people can say we dont have a right to complain and that we are crazy. This should go to the Supreme Court. How do we just sit back and accept what is going on when our children and coming of age! Qbama is a puppet and he scares me to death! He is the biggest terrorist threat to this country today and that is why he sides with other monsters.
Union Car Czar Poised to Dictate America's Manufacturing Policy
Fix bayonets . Prepare for close quarters !
Not Just Payback
This is the continuing takeover of America by Obamanistas that know from history the way that despots take over a country is to first get controll over education, second get controll of the news media, third take controll of the means of production, and fourth make all people into slaves of the government through dependence on the government for their job and healthcare.
Obama and his Marxist Cabal in his Administration have the first two in the bag. The next will be unions controlling all production (Obama controll) and the Dems are pushing government control over healthcare.
The Marxist takeover of America is almost complete.
Unions should be treated like any other monopoly
Unions are monopolies and should therefore be illegal, or at the very least as regulated as monopoly companies.
The whole principle of unions is to stifle competition, to drive up wages beyond their natural equilibrium price that would be achieved, according to the laws of supply and demand.
It is not a coincidence that every one of the industries where they are strong is not competitive?
- Government itself is a monopoly, and highly inefficient ... a perfect host for infestations by unions
- the "Big 3" were an oligopoly, where the high cost and low innovation caused by the UAW were shared by all 3 vendors, so consumers are the ones who suffered -- until compatition crept in
- Public Education is another monopoly, and despite tripling the spendin per capita, whose "work product" has gotten worse over time (plus it's turned our schools into liberal recruiting grounds)
The list goes on and on. The more unionized an industry, the more uncompetitive.
Unions simply do not work over time.
The biggest Union was the Soviet Union, and we know how badly THAT ended up. Or at least some of us remember ... the powers that be in Washington today (and at least until the 2010 elections) seem hell-bent on repeating every single inane mistake of the USSR in their heedless, headless, rush to plunge the country even further into Socialism.
Be afraid ... be very, very afraid!
its nuts
It blows my mind how people think that a union is now still good.
Historically yes, we owe much to unions and what they brought initially.
But for years, unions have been more about greed and 'whats in it for me' attitude than in fairness to the worker.
More & more its more about 'support us' or we get violent.
As a former union member who would rather fight than join.
You would have to put a gun to my head to make me join a union.
Fortunately there are legit ways to bypass unions to get a job at a union shop... though at times its often mgmt related or lower pay... despite the fact that most of the jobs Ive ever had were twice the union pay (exclusion of mfg jobs)..
In IT, rarely is a union job as good as non-union.
As it is, while neither is truley a right.
My right to get a job is more relevant and more in tune with reality than any union rights.