Posted by
Gunnysez on Monday, December 03, 2007 6:24:22 PM
In today's column by Burt Prelutsky, he lamented the strike by his Writer's Guild. What I got from the article is the only people the strike is hurting are the people who are striking. I believe that the days of the Robber Barons are over. People are no longer forced to work in sweatshops for unlivable wages. If these conditions do exist, it is because they are illegal and will eventually be discovered and prosecuted.
Unions, in my opinion, have outlived their purpose. They are nothing but money making machines for the union bosses. They have helped to kill the American manufacturing industry. Their close allies are the liberal politicians whose confiscatory tax policies along with the ridiculous demands of the unions have driven most factories off-shore in a desperate effort to stay profitable.
The only thing good to come out of this strike (according to Burt Prelutsky) is the fact that the public now knows that those multi-million dollar talking heads like Leno and Letterman do not write their own monologues, and every minute of their shows are scripted by members of the WGA.
I sympathize with the GA and their strike to some extent. They never have gotten the credit for the success of the likes of Reno and Letterman, the MSM news shows, the sit-coms, and crime/punishment shows. The reruns are not going to affect me in any way since I never watch that stuff. What I have noticed while channel surfing is that there are lot more good movies on those channels now. Also, I have noticed that the mainstream news media hasn't missed a beat. The people who are on strike used to write for these shows. The monkeys they use as news readers and anchors are not capable of writing their own material. Someone is writing their stuff. Has anyone asked ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and FOX who is scabbing the WGA?
Meanwhile, the Teamsters are trying everything they can think of to unionize the largest employer in America, Wallmart. The employees of Wallmart have shut them down at every attempt. The unions are licking their chops at the thought of all that dues money and in an effort to unionize them, we often hear hit pieces against Wallmart originated by their liberal allies, the media. Wallmart epitomizes the capitalist economy of America which is why liberals despise them.
Personally, I would like to see unions abolished and have a system set up by which employees could utilize the Judicial system to settle workers issues with management. The only problem with that is the Judicial system is laced with over-zealous, liberal activist judges who have the power to do irreparable damage to business. Maybe a system of non-biased citizens could mediate for them. Oh, wait, the average American citizen is woefully under-educated and couldn't mediate a kindergarten dispute. So for now, the Teamsters have an ever-weakening hold on management, while more and more employees are experiencing more sympathetic, benevolent employers, and the economy is none the worse. So all is well with the world. For now.