Unions and the Consumer

This is not meant to be anti-union. It is a clear-thinking and logical approach to a question and problem that is never fully answered in the media.

Reporters and columnists are afraid to tangle too hard with unions. Reporters and columnists may have liberal leanings. Reporters and columnists do not always think through their subject matter very clearly when they are subject to publishing deadlines.

Reporters and columnists may be union members.

Further fact of life: Unions are in existence primarily for its members. Be they metal workers, autoworkers, school teachers, government clerks, etc. They are not primarily there for the customer or consumer, with whom the union member must deal.

Example: When school teachers go on strike, or insist on higher wages, they are the Number One Concern, When they are against school vouchers which can offer kids faced with inferior schools the better choice, the teachers Number One Concern is not the kids. It is the teacher.

So it is with every union member, except when their self-promotion ads tell you otherwise.