J. J. Barry EDITORIAL IlIll'rnarional Presidelll may "object" to the un ion's use of their A Case Of fe es for political o r ideological purposes that .lIe not rehllcd to collecti ve bargain­ Mistaken ing. The ullion must then reduce the ob­ jecting non-member's rcc 10 rencet the Identity And perccJ1\ agc of the total union ex.pendi­ Mischievous tu res u~cd for Iloncollccti\lc-bargil ining­ re lated purposes. Interference Effons [ 0 weaken the labor movement are 1101 new. From the very beginning:-. of n 1988 Ihe United ,"Ies Supreme the labor mowmenl. big bu si ne ~!:J has I Coun handed down a deci5ion in a sought £0 repress workers' wages. and case of nllslaken identity. In the guise of benefits and 10 blum the effectivcne s of promoting worken,' right . the upreme union represenLation of employees. In Coun undermined the ri ghts of the ,'aSI 1947, antilabor forces mustered enough percapila payments made by IBEW mem­ majorit y of American workers. i\'ow. suppon [0 pass the Taft-I-Ia rt ley Act, bers, Pre,ident Bu,h ha jumped on board and which allowed employees to opt not to Mr. Bush. however. has n O\.~ identi ­ plans 10 make the siwat ion even worse. join a union-iTlthose states which passed fied with Harry Beck and the Right-To­ The Supreme COUl1 dec ision is Com­ so-called " ri ght-to-work" laws--even if Work Commince. in the guise of \jUl'­ mrmicarirm Wnrkers I'. Han}' Beck. Mr. all other employees were reprcscllIcd by poning workcr:s' rig h l~, This is t.he smnc Beck, who was actively suppol1cd in his a union. Twenty-one state:.. have passed p r e~iden t who recentl y sho\.l.'ed his re­ effo rts by lhe Nati onal Ri ght-Io-Work these " ri ght-lo-work-for-Ic ss" laws. and gard for workers by twice vetoing needed Commiltcc. beli eves that he ~ hould not in those stalC:-' the resuh has been a free unemploymcni insurance im provemcnts only nol have to join a union (even if he ride fo r employees who re fuse to join a and by rail ing to s.how any concern for di rectl y benefits from the gains his union union, and the weakening of the right,,> of the millions of jobless Americans in Ihe makes in collective bargalning). bUllhat their fell ow employees. Reagan-Bush recession. Hiseffon. [ 0 por­ pan of Ihe money he pay in fees 10 Ihe Thai bri ng,'\ us back to President Bush, tray himself a~ a frie nd of workers is not umon. in lieu of dues, should be returned In late March. President Bu h- for obvi­ only mi';taken. it is it case of malicious 10 him if he docsn", like lhe way it is ous political reasons-made common mischief. being spenl. nder the Bet'k. case, the cause with Harry Beck, The president AFL-CIO Presidenl Lune Kirkland basic rule is that employees who choose announced that he would is:-.u(' an C'xC'cu­ aptly characterized Mr. Bush's action in not lO join a union, but who pay fees LO ti ve order (signed April 13) req uiring fed­ these words: "The same presidenl who the unioll under a union security provi­ eral COlll mcton; to notify their employee,,> has placed morJ.lOriull1s 0 11 all fonns o f sion in acollective bargaining agreement, of thei r "Beck rights." The president i.lbo regulations, has sldlcd job safety rmd di rected the Depanmell1 of Labor 10 re­ healt h enforcemenl and has soughl [0 re­ vi se the fonn of fi nancial repons which move all ln.annerof regulation in the name unions must file each year. and require of competitiveness and paperwork reduc­ Congressional union!) 10 now repon. their expenditures tion, has finally found paperwork and by "functi onal categories. such as con­ regulalion Ihal he can wholehcaTlcdly Leader Denounces tract negotiation and administration. embrace .... If the president wants to be­ safety and health. political activities and come serious aoom an execUlive order other functions." 0 such "functional infonning \\ orkcrs or their rights, we I Bush ~O~!r Aic\lard Gephardt reporting" has been required in the 33 would !) uggest he require employers to \ Ll"use M~tontyd ~:e lollowing statement reo years ince the Landrum-Griffin Act tefl I.heir c:mployees of Lheir full rigills I1\O·MO .) Issue resident Bush to issue \ was passed . And, in a high ly mislead ­ under the nali on'-: labor laws and labor I garding the deCISion 01 P t the U.S. Supreme ing statement, Mr. Bush added th at. :-.tandard:-.- their right to foml <lIld join all executilJe order 0 ~elatlve "no worker should be forced to have unions, their right to a safe and healthy Court's Beck deC\S\On~ h react when worlt.ers money taken out of his paycheck 10 workplace, a nd their right to prevail ing "How does George n~s th"" health-care ben' fu nd politicia ns he disagrees with." rate::,. or pay and conditi ons . We stand are loSIn,) t hel~ pens\O ;He Illo\l es to we(l ll.en \ T he la st S [ ~llc mcnr is misle~\ d ing ready T.O J. ~5 iq iI, the draft ir1g of such 1111 ehts, and th"" wage\- al arena HoW cymcal because. the Beck c as.e aside. I BEW executive order. ,. thelf rights In Ihe pall. Ie reSident II the presi' membcn. likc other union mcmbers. I wholehean edly endorse Lhose views. and sadly typ,cal 01 thl~:d in campaign linance \ have the opt ion lO \'olulJlarily which illustrate the hi gh foml of M r. dent were truly iOte ~e~ the bill we've passed In comribulC' money to their local or Bush's hypocri y. We must see [0 it Ihat reform. he would ~\g. on campail}n spending IBEW-COPE, ThaI money is lhen the House to put Itm~~d to reduce campaign the next pre:,idc-nl of the United States is by all candIdates. AC Our proposal treats used to clecl pro-worker candldalcs -:omeone who cares. aboU( worker and contflbutions by all P e:iequally , perhapS that and 10 enact pro-worker legisla­ [heir needs, and does not cynically idcn­ I workers and managel1l lodged a veto threat tion. BUl this money is lotally :,epa­ (if) with those who would weaken work­ I ,s why the ples,dent has mle and ap,!n from the dues and ers and thei r union!). it. \ against our bill ." ---,.....~ , ~ The Union of Hearts and Minds J . J. B4RRV JACK F. 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