Lee Saunders [SNIP]
Labor Day message from Lee Saunders [SNIP] "....During the Republican National Convention, the cause of working people has been subjected to numerous attacks designed to undermine public support for unions and the role unions play in promoting an economy that works for all. On the opening night of the convention, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley accused President Obama of sacrificing American workers "to pacify the bullying union bosses he counts as political allies," when he stood up for union members in the manufacturing sector. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie denounced teacher unions while falsely claiming that unions oppose high standards and accountability.
The New York Times reports that the GOP platform "calls for numerous steps that could significantly weaken America's labor unions — public-sector and private-sector ones — and help speed organized labor's overall decline." The platform calls for a nationwide Right to Work for Less law and encourages all states to eliminate the right of public employees to engage in collective bargaining. The platform opposes the right of unions in the private sector to organize through majority sign-up, even though that has been the law of the land since the 1930s....." [SNIP]