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Unions own Congress and the White House--but how big are they, in the private sector?
"Unions used to comprise more than 30 percent of the labor force in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, when fewer labor laws were passed to rein in business taking advantage of employees. But unions find themselves now at about 7 percent of the workforce."
Union control costs consumer and jobs.
"Lee Ohanian, a professor of economics at UCLA, recently finished a study at the American Enterprise Institute that examined what would happen if the U.S. returned to unionization levels of the 1970s. He said the numbers wouldn't be good for economic recovery.
"My estimates suggest (we) could lose perhaps 5 million jobs and lose about 500 billion worth of GDP if unionization returned to levels we had in the 1970s and if new union members were able to command the 15 percent wage premium that historically is applied to union membership. So we would have a much sicker economy than we have right now."
Ohanian said unions raise the price of labor above prevailing prices in a competitive marketplace to businesses, and that raises the cost to businesses.
"That increases their prices, that lowers production and output, and at the end of the day it reduces employment for the overall economy," Ohanian said."
Unions are organizations that force workers to pay dues (bribes) or not be able to work.
We need to support workers, not the openly corrupt unions--do I have to remind you of all the corruption of the largest union, SEIU?
It is time to make union membership totally voluntarily to save our economy. The first step is to stop government stealing money from a workers paycheck and giving it to the unions, making the government look like a bag man for corruption. Pass this along, so folks can understand how the unions harm workers, economy and jobs. Stop the corruption.
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"Unions used to comprise more than 30 percent of the labor force in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, when fewer labor laws were passed to rein in business taking advantage of employees. But unions find themselves now at about 7 percent of the workforce."
Union control costs consumer and jobs.
"Lee Ohanian, a professor of economics at UCLA, recently finished a study at the American Enterprise Institute that examined what would happen if the U.S. returned to unionization levels of the 1970s. He said the numbers wouldn't be good for economic recovery.
"My estimates suggest (we) could lose perhaps 5 million jobs and lose about 500 billion worth of GDP if unionization returned to levels we had in the 1970s and if new union members were able to command the 15 percent wage premium that historically is applied to union membership. So we would have a much sicker economy than we have right now."
Ohanian said unions raise the price of labor above prevailing prices in a competitive marketplace to businesses, and that raises the cost to businesses.
"That increases their prices, that lowers production and output, and at the end of the day it reduces employment for the overall economy," Ohanian said."
Unions are organizations that force workers to pay dues (bribes) or not be able to work.
We need to support workers, not the openly corrupt unions--do I have to remind you of all the corruption of the largest union, SEIU?
It is time to make union membership totally voluntarily to save our economy. The first step is to stop government stealing money from a workers paycheck and giving it to the unions, making the government look like a bag man for corruption. Pass this along, so folks can understand how the unions harm workers, economy and jobs. Stop the corruption.
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