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Unions endorsed Obama in 2008, even in West Virginia, and knowing full well that the President’s ideological bent would clash with the conservative, federal government averse communities

West Virginia's Right To Work Works for All of Us?



A few days ago, the otherwise overlooked state of West Virginia was featured in Townhall.com and National Review. Despite limited—if not token—opposition, the Mountain State will become the 26th Right To Work state.
This special report reminded me of a discussion with my conservative peers. After another fulfilling evening of conservative activist fun in Southeastern Los Angeles, We the People Rising reminisced about this long yet eventful Presidential campaign season. We are divided (gently) between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, but definitely want a pro-life, pro-limited conservative who will stop the special interests and promote the public interest. (But how about one who will beat down the demanding and excessive labor unions in Washington and throughout the United States? More on that soon!) That night, I learned that early on, we were all Scott Walker supporters. Then he dropped out. Most of the group moved over to The Donald. He suits them because of his staunch stance on immigration. I am still holding firm, choosing principle and record, not just panache and rhetoric. Go Ted! Coming back to Walker, I recollected why I liked him so much.

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He beat down Big Labor, like David slaying Goliath: epic, poetic, and Biblical all thrown in with raging Occupy crowds and the feckless shouts of raging liberal hordes. I will never stop honoring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for making it safe to stand up to the public sector union. From 2011 to the present day, Walker and his newly-swept in team of elected Republicans did more than talk the talk. They walked the walk, and tamed the powerful public sector unions.  Don’t get me wrong: immigration matters to me, but limitations on Big Labor remain a top priority, too. I joked with my fellow immigration enforcement friends: “If Walker wanted to open up the border a la Hillary and Barack Obama, I would have still voted for him.” Not that Walker would have embraced such illiberal positions.  It stings to remember the budget crisis facing Wisconsin in 2011: “Our pension liabilities are so great. If we don’t control this, we will turn into California,” one state lawmaker told the press. Five years later, and those public sector liabilities are eating up the Golden State from the inside out.  Defeating the collective, coerced (and cursed) power of Big Labor ties together victory in other areas of public life. End their legislative thuggery of Big Labor, and dry up their funding for every progressive talking beneath the sun.  As an editor/copywriter now, I collect interesting articles from the mainstream press, then prepare summaries of the most pertinent information for pertinent audiences swarmed with mass media. One of the latest articles I read from CaIifornia’s Union Watch highlights the subtle yet serious consequences of overgenerous labor contracts, and the overburdened taxpayers who foot the bill.  In California, the California Teachers Association owns every politician (except the Republicans, especially my current assemblyman). The SEIU and other attending collective bargaining units pool their resources to stifle political participation in swing districts, too. Unfettered illegal immigration is a huge problem, and yet the fiscal tsunamis gathering around us will wipe away entire cities, if not states. Big Labor loves big amnesty, and subsidizes the agenda. I should know: as a member of a grocers’ union for nearly three years, my leaders kept touting immigration “reform”—never a word about enforcement—then told me to call my US Senator if I did not like their staunch, rehearsed views.  In Torrance, CA, and other cities (including the corrupted Huntington Park and Cudahy, where the city council panders to illegal aliens instead of representing legal residents), employee unions still wield undue influence, especially when immigration is not as divisive an issue.    Nevertheless, I follow the upward trends of employee freedom throughout the country. The National Right To Work Foundation has worked for our workplace rights for decades. Their efforts are paying off. Aggravated, left-wing union machines still menace to our democracy, but their undue political influence is on the wane.  Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan patterned Walker’s brave example, and the Wolverine state went Right To Work. Walker would follow in turn, extending his efforts beyond the reforms on the public sector unions. To this day, I will defend the Eagle Scout turned Union Rout who can stand on those wins until he retires from public office. Where is Big Labor taking another major fall? West Virginia.  The conservative state has been fighting off the bullying EPA.   Over the last two decades, the Blue Ridge state has flushed into a bright ruby red, a bastion of hope (coal and all) for conservatives in blue states who wonder if they can turn their states around. From 2000 to the present, Democrats who had taken this Southern border state for granted now accept (and regret) their lack of attention to this heavily rural and impoverished section of the country.  Unions endorsed Obama in 2008, even in West Virginia, and knowing full well that the President’s ideological bent would clash with the conservative, federal government averse communities throughout the state. And kill jobs.  What’s the fight like right now in West Virginia? Courtroom battles over legislative successors have scored Mountain State Republicans with legislative majorities in both chambers. Even though the incumbent Democrat is a pro-union Democrat, the Republican numbers can override the governor’s veto with a simple majority.  Let’s not forget that a supermajority of Americans believe that no worker should be forced to join a union as a condition of employment. Today, the interests of the few no longer turn the minds of the many. West Virginia will become RTW #26, with more states certain to follow in the next few months. I predict Missouri and Montana will be joining the list next, and very soon if not this year.  Following a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States on Friedrichs v California,  labor union’s coerced dues and left-wing political activists will lose clout, then slowly disappear for good.


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