U.S. President Obama - Unions - Dec 14, 2010 - letter by Randall F. More

December 14, 2010
 

President Barack Obama

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C., 20500
U.S.A.

Dear Mr. President

RE: Unions

It is a concern to many that you would choose to hold such a staunch pro-union position, as evidenced by your policy position, most especially during such tough economic times of high unemployment coupled with an increasing lack of national competitiveness.

Labour unions are essentially government sanctioned forces effective in securing wages and benefits for a select few while operating in contravention to normal free market fundamentals. Unions frequently boast of being responsible for creating the middle class but what they fail to acknowledge is that their gains are attained, for the most part, at the expense of non-unionized workers who are the primary consumers of those goods and services which are produced by unionized workers at artificially inflated costs.

The recent auto bailout became a necessity largely due to the auto unions having effectively destroyed the competitiveness of the car manufacturers resulting in shareholders, customers, taxpayers, and employees all being the ultimate losers.

Self-serving unions do little to enhance productivity, performance, wealth generation, or global competitiveness on a national level over the long term. It may seem politically expedient to support unions but it won't serve the long term overall interests of the nation.

The President of the United States should be an advocate for all workers, not just unionized workers.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

 

Yours truly

 

Randall F. More, P. Eng.