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A couple of weeks ago, Will Collins blasted<\/a> Denver Post deputy editor Bob Ewegen for his misleading column denying the economic boom underway in Right to Work states. This weekend, Ewegen once again<\/a> spouted the talking points of compulsory unionism (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the label, "Right to Work" laws don’t guarantee anybody a job<\/b> \u2014 unless you’re a lawyer. Unions have filed a lawsuit alleging widespread fraud by the petition gatherers hired by the anti-union forces<\/b>. The challenge could knock the initiative off the ballot, though sponsors have asked for the right to seek extra signatures to "cure" those defects.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Big Labor and its media stooges love setting up a tired false dichotomy about Right to Work. The Right to Work principle is not at all "anti-union." The Right to Work principle makes no judgment on whether workers should join\/support a union for whatever reason. That is a decision best left up to the individual. The Right to Work principle is therefore anti-compulsory<\/i> unionism and pro-freedom of choice.<\/p>\n

\nWhether he knows it or not, Ewegan actually ends up highlighting an injustice flowing from forced unionism later in his column:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAmendment 27, the 2002 Colorado campaign finance law written by Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, allows labor unions to contribute up to $4,000 to candidates to the legislature. Businesses and private citizens are limited to one-tenth as much as unions can contribute, no more than $400 per election season. <\/p>\n

\n\tThat’s because Amendment 27 allows "small donor committees" to give politicians 10 times as much as any other person or group if they get only $50 or less per contributor. Unions are well positioned to exploit that loophole<\/b> because, for example, the Colorado Association of Public Employees\/Service Employees International Union, can deduct $4 a month from a member’s $15 monthly dues for political purposes and count the resulting $48 a year as a "small donor" contribution from a member who may not even be aware that she made that particular "donation."<\/b>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s sum up: Colorado law (1) limits the amount of money an individual person can choose to donate to a political campaign and (2) refuses individual employees the right to decide whether they want a union’s "representation."<\/p>\n

\nBut when it comes to unions, Colorado law (1) allows unions to donate up to ten times as much as individuals to political campaigns and (2) grants union officials the government-backed coercive power to seize dues from individuals and divert them into the union’s political agenda.\n<\/p>\n

\nEwegen also laments that Right to Work does not guarantee<\/i> employment. That’s true, and Right to Work doesn’t guarantee rainbows or sunshine either, although it is worth pointing out that Right to Work laws certainly do help create jobs<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nNext time, instead of shilling for Big Labor and complaining about Right to Work laws’ lack of mystical powers, Ewegen should acknowledge the fact that compulsory unionism guarantees<\/i> special privileges for Big Labor at the expense of individuals’ freedom of association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, Will Collins blasted<\/a> Denver Post deputy editor Bob Ewegen for his misleading column denying the economic boom underway in Right to Work states. This weekend, Ewegen once again<\/a> spouted the talking points of compulsory unionism (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the label, "Right to Work" laws don’t guarantee anybody a job<\/b> \u2014 unless you’re a lawyer. Unions have filed a lawsuit alleging widespread fraud by the petition gatherers hired by the anti-union forces<\/b>. 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