Unions

[Benhogan]

I'm curious. Anyone know what Ron Paul's stance on unions are

I'm a union member.... but I have mixed feelings about them though. I find them to be, like big government, beaurocratic and inefficient. And it bugs the heck out of me that my dues are being spent to support the democratic party, and I have no say in it.

Anyone know?

[JosephTheLibertarian]

I'm curious. Anyone know what Ron Paul's stance on unions are

I'm a union member.... but I have mixed feelings about them though. I find them to be, like big government, beaurocratic and inefficient. And it bugs the heck out of me that my dues are being spent to support the democratic party, and I have no say in it.

Anyone know?

His stance? Let them be. No government support though.

[Starks]

Bottom line: Don't expect RP to be at your picket line...

[JosephTheLibertarian]

He wouldn't suppress unions, nor would he "fight" for them, he would just let them do their own thing.

[unaffiliatedvoter]

Ron Paul has supported the Right To Work legislation, which would prevent unions from keeping people that didn't want to pay the union dues from working.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Ron Paul has supported the Right To Work legislation, which would prevent unions from keeping people that didn't want to pay the union dues from working.

troll. false information

[guntherg16]

I'm curious. Anyone know what Ron Paul's stance on unions are

I'm a union member.... but I have mixed feelings about them though. I find them to be, like big government, beaurocratic and inefficient. And it bugs the heck out of me that my dues are being spent to support the democratic party, and I have no say in it.

Anyone know?

Right to work must be free of coercion (http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=56)

Here's a quote from the link above:

Unions should be allowed to exist, as long as they are voluntary agreements between the people involved. In fact, we don't need more regulations on the unions or the employers or the employees. In fact, we need fewer regulations on the kinds of employment agreements people can reach, and allow people to choose whom they wish as their representative, if they so choose.

Unions can serve a beneficial service to employees and even employers. But never should unions have the benefit of the government force giving them power; that is intolerable.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Right in line with my own beliefs.

[guntherg16]

Right in line with my own beliefs.

Mine too.

[dircha]

I'm curious. Anyone know what Ron Paul's stance on unions are

I'm a union member.... but I have mixed feelings about them though. I find them to be, like big government, beaurocratic and inefficient. And it bugs the heck out of me that my dues are being spent to support the democratic party, and I have no say in it.

Anyone know?

There's a common feeling among free market advocates that unions somehow don't fit in a limited government, free market economy.

Unions in theory have everything to do with a free market economy. Voluntary unionization is merely collective bargaining. Corporations participate in collective bargaining for goods and services every day. Collective bargaining for labor is no different.

The only thing that doesn't fit is federal and state laws providing undue leverage to unions, and that has to end.

Another related issue is right-to-work laws. While right to work laws vary from state to state, the limited government, free market position is against so-called right to work laws. Right to work laws prevent laborers and corporations from freely entering into contracts that set conditions for future hiring. While I believe it is generally disadvantageous for a corporation to enter into the sort of contract proscribed by right to work laws, it is nonetheless none of the government's business to either tell them whether or not they may, or to bail them out after they have.

I would be disappointed to learn that Ron Paul has come out in support of state right-to-work laws. Yes, "right to work" sounds good, but its implementation is absolutely none of the government's business.