Unions and the Executive Branch

On February 6, 2009 Mr. Obama signed an Executive Order: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects.

This order requires all building projects within the Executive Branch to be completed with union labor. The primary rationale assumes construction under a union contract is more stable, more predictable and less susceptible to labor disruption than non union labor.

When is the last time anyone saw non union workers disrupt a project? When is the last time you saw a union based business disrupt a project? Not fair counting today!

This is stupid!

This is dangerous!

My God, this is blatant payback to unions for their election financial support. More perverse, this is one spoke on the socialistic wheel. It is a key indicator of future actions including Card Check, the elimination of the secret ballot in unionization efforts, more unions, more union financing of Democratic campaigns, more union anti-business sentiment, less merit driven worker performance and reward, higher prices, socialized medicine, etc.

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