Unionism

It’s a new word for some. Many remember it as a positive thought. Those of us who are old enough to remember the sweet days of socialist thinking before Ronald Reagan was elected as President of the United States. Since, not every reader is a member of the gray haired set. I’ll try to define it for you. Unionism was a person’s right to organize him or herself into a collective bargaining unit. The purpose was to insure that working people were paid a decent wage. To the young folks this may seem a startling statement. The man must be a radical nut , most are thinking in the back of your heads. Believe me Walmart and the Tea Party are not correct in their economic analysis of the world. Human beings are entitled to a decent wage. It is not inflationary. It is not dangerous to the national economy or its security. Humanity can live in decent affordable housing and have a living wage without the world going bust. Many in Tunisia and Egypt and Wisconsin would agree with me. Working in the Government or Rite Aid should be union work. Collective bargaining should be a right for every U.S. citizen and union card check should be something American as mom’s apple pie.

This past week we have seen the crowds of protesters in Wisconsin grow to 100,000. In Indiana at their capitol from 1,000 to 25,000. We have seen protests in Alaska, Montana and numerous other states across the land. The questions most people wish to ask are these . If the U.S. society can afford to bail out the banking industry why can’t it bail out me? Am I not as good as Wells Fargo?