Union bosses want forced dues from workers in every state
 

[June 09, 2015]  By Jason Hart | Watchdog.org
 
 Labor bosses paid with union dues want to take mandatory fees from workers in all 50 states.

That’s why union officials are excited about a MoveOn.org video starring left-wing economist Robert Reich, who thinks right-to-work laws — which let workers opt out of paying unions — should be banned nationwide.

Reich would revoke the freedom of workers in 25 states to choose whether to pay union bosses, subjecting millions to forced union dues in the name of equality.

“If you remember only one thing, remember this: we must enact a federal law that overturns so-called state ‘Right to Work’ laws,” Reich said in the MoveOn video.

At the state level, right-to-work has gained momentum recently. Since 2012, unions have waged losing campaigns against right-to-work in Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Reich’s advice? If you can’t beat ’em, ban ’em.

Right-to-work is “a backdoor to destroying unions,” Reich warned, because “no one pays dues, unions have no resources to organize,” and workers get lower pay and benefits as a result.

This is a common refrain from union bosses, who typically continue bringing home heaps of bacon even as union membership declines.

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Reich’s assistant at University of California, Berkeley, where Reich has been paid more than $700,000 over the past three academic years, did not respond to a Watchdog.org request for comment.

Union bosses were quick to promote Reich’s assertion right-to-work should be banned so Americans cannot hurt themselves by opting not to pay unions.

Labor coalition AFL-CIO told tens of thousands of Twitter and Facebook fans Reich’s video was a “MUST SEE.”