The AFL-CIO is about to hold its annual convention and the big question is whether the rift between those union bosses who want to keep pouring money into politics and those who want to concentrate more on “organizing” workers could lead to a secessionist movement. Boo hoo.
Linda Chavez writes about this in her Townhall column.
She advocates legislation that would allow unionized workers the freedom to decide whether they want to contribute money to union political campaigns. Workers should have that freedom, but I think it is best accomplished through more radical legislative action, such as getting rid of the authoritarian, collectivist provision of the National Labor Relations Act that gives a victorious union exclusive representation over all workers in the bargaining unit. That relic of the New Deal should be scrapped, as should the mandatory bargaining provision. A business should no more be forced to bargain with a union than you should be forced to bargain with an insurance salesman.
The ideal legislative fix is to repeal the NLRA entirely. There is no justification for federalizing labor relations law.
