Gaining momentum

You just don't have to work very hard to really make a point when there are so many others that will do it for you:

http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/03/03/solis-meets-with-workers-in-first-public-appearance/


The most important line of this whole article is the very last one where it talks about the next meetings for our new secretary of Labor and the gentleman that will follow her in the meetings. The next gentleman is Vice President, Joe Biden.


As stated earlier, Washington is in a feeding frenzy right now. Never has the opportunity to spend money been so high and so prevelant. As a result, all politicians are focused on spending money. This is a unique set of circumstances we are in and there may never be another time in history when spending will be this high and this easy. Washington will stay focused as long as the times are this good for them.


Once this passes, however, the next natural step is payback for the past election. Number one on the list in the Employee Free Choice Act. It has to be. Too much money was given, too much support provided by unions to not deliver back. Maybe the legislation will be watered down but my guess is that there is no reason to water it down. They have the votes and they have a President that will sign it.


This blog is a call to action. Not a call to action for legislative lobbying but a call to get your business in order so you have some sort of control over your employee base. The call to action is so that you can compete for your employees against organized labor. If you have been reading you already know that we believe the same actions you take to protect your employee base are also the same actions to make you a more competitive organization. You compete by having a workforce that delivers more productivity and customer satisfaction because they work for a company that brings out their best. When this happens; everyone wins. The client gets a superior product and service, the company gets profitability by lower costs and higher revenue and the employee gets to work in a environment where they can do their very best.


And yes, it is pretty hard for organized labor to gain any sort of a foothold in that type of company