Total War is Coming

"To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment."

20 simple words and "voila!" you have a bill introduced in the House of Representatives. That sneaky SOB, Brad Sherman, (and in Atlanta we don't like anyone named Sherman), introduced a bill on July 10 as if no one would really notice. And guess what, no one did, because it's August 18 and this is the first I've even heard of it (thanks, www.EmployerReport.com).

So pay attention all you "Right to Work" states, because this piece of union legislation affects you. The bill seeks to eliminate the Right-to-Work provisions of the Taft-Hartley Amendments (1947 Labor Management Relations Act) to the National Labor Relations Act. The current laws allow your employees to work at a unionized employer without being fired for refusing to pay union dues. Pass this bill and your employees would be required to pay dues or be fired-- just like all the other Non-Right-to-Work states.

Obviously, the union puppet masters are yanking on the strings of any and every Democrat to write up legislation, no matter how ridiculous or incredible (see EFCA), to either help them gain new members or get more money from current members. Click on the link above to see the bill, it will only take you about 30 seconds to read it. It is almost frightening to think that something so seemingly innocuous and simple could affect so many lives, so many employees, in 22 states by just saying: "Section 1. REPEAL. Section 14 of the Labor-Management Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 164) is amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b)."

What? 61 years of Taft-Hartley, altered by a stenographer striking and swapping text.

A little war strategy lesson for you: General Sherman of course applied the principle of "scorched earth" in ordering his troops to destroy everything in their way, including Atlanta. This policy is often considered a component of what's called "total war." Have no doubt: the AFL-CIO and Change-to-Win are waging a total war on employers: total war is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a belligerent force engages in a total mobilization of all available resources at his disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological, or otherwise, in order to destroy or render beyond use his rival's capacity to continue resistance.

So, what's your tactical strategy to protect your company from becoming scorched earth?