Wrong on WORKERS

Right to Work and Wal-Mart lead the union-busting battle

Once upon a time it was said that whatever was good for General Motors was good for America.

Heaven help us if what’s good for Wal-Mart, the country’s largest employer, is good for America. With its union busting, low wages, expensive health insurance, and many employees’ dependence on public health and food assistance programs, a Wal-Mart economy would throw us back to life the way it was during the Great Depression.

This while five members of the Walton family — principal owners of Wal-Mart — were listed among the 10 richest Americans in 2004 by Forbes magazine.

Wal-Mart is among the biggest union busters, and it has plenty of company these days.

It walks arm in arm with the insidious National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation,
which backs legal challenges against union organizing victories across the country.

Then there is Rep. Charlie Norwood of Georgia, Congress’ lead attack dog against unions and the right to organize. Even the National Labor Relations Board is stacked against workers.
Add to this the multibillion dollar union-busting industry that supplies companies in the fight against unions with anti-union literature and movies, strategy, paramilitary goons and law firms such as Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

These are formidable opponents but not invincible. Workers have defeated tougher odds. But we must be well-armed with solidarity and information in this battle.

A key piece of that information is this: Know your enemy. The following stories open the door to some of the most notorious union busters and their circle of friends who will spare no effort or expense to bust labor unions.