The Path to Nowhere, Union-style

Picture a map in your head (any map will do) and now picture Unions all over it. Because that's where the Unions are in terms of what they are doing right now--"ALL OVER THE MAP".

--New AFL-CIO leader. Sweeney goes out compromising on the EFCA and Trumka comes in not talking about any compromises. They've only worked together for 14 or so years...

--Spectre unveils a revised EFCA and now shocking 3 days later, no one is reporting anything about it. Is it even real? Spectre says it will pass before year-end. Others say Healthcare first and that's not looking to good either.

--Andy Stern has pissed off everybody. I'm not sure his own family talks to him.

--Change to Win implodes. UNITE HERE announced (today) that it is switching back to the AFL-CIO. Isn't UNITE HERE breaking up themselves? Will other unions follow suit (Laborers), leaving Andy all alone?

--Unionized UPS battles non-union FedEx but not in the marketplace but rather in Congress. Boo-hoo, it's not fair...FedEx is under the Railway Labor Act and we are not, our costs are higher, we can't compete fairly. Today's Headline: UPS Airline Mechanics Authorize Strike It makes you feel sorry for UPS-- doesn't it....no maybe not.

--Want to see Obama's speech regarding the EFCA at the AFL-CIO convention on Monday, brace yourselves--here it is. "That's why I stand behind the Employee Free Choice Act...(APPLAUSE)...because if a majority of workers want a union, they should get a union." That was it, I'm not kidding, not one other mention of the Employee Free Choice Act.

--Healthcare Reform? AFL-CIO hates its own version of the bill that came out yesterday from the Senate Finance Committee. Sweeney is quoted as saying that it "absolutely fails" to meet basic reform needs.

--Gallup Poll Shocker. Not really. 66% of Americans continue to believe unions were beneficial to their own members, but only 48% (a record low, down from 59% last year) approved of unions.

--Not worried about the EFCA having an effect your business yet? Don't fret, you've got Executive Order 13496 for all Federal Contractors, Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for the construction industry, eliminating Right to Work, unions and the use of Email, Social Media and direct employee access, the power of the NLRB itself regarding Card Check, Contract Arbitration, Quick Elections and increased penalties.

All just to name a few. What is your companies map to safety from all of this lunacy?