{"id":617,"date":"2026-06-23T05:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2026-06-23T05:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:37:21","slug":"all-animals-are-equal-some-union-bosses-are-more-equal-than-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"All Animals Are Equal. Some Union Bosses Are More Equal Than Others."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>A<\/span>t the conclusion of George Orwell\u2019s classic novel\u00a0<i>Animal Farm<\/i>, the animals who think they have taken control of the property from the exploitative human oppressors peer through a window and watch their leaders \u2014 the pigs \u2014 dining, chatting, and interacting just the same as the humans the pigs had told the other animals they\u2019d liberated them from. The pigs who\u2019d led the revolution and taken over the farm in the name of all the animals had become <i>special<\/i> animals indistinguishable from their oppressors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=615\">Reflecting Pool Partisanship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They even walked on two legs now.<\/p>\n<p>Orwell used the pigs to convey a point about authoritarianism \u2014 and human nature.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Labor union leaders these days are more likely to come from a university than from the shop floor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Consider the history of the Labor movement. In its earliest days, unions actually did represent the workers and improved the pay and working conditions of the workers. Rank-and-file workers had something important in common with the leadership of the unions because in many cases, those leaders were also workers \u2014 or at least, had been workers. A key organizer of the 1936 strike in Flint that unionized General Motors was Roy Reuther. After he was wounded while supporting striking workers at the Briggs Corporation, he literally worked on the production line at Chevrolet\u2019s Gear and Axle plant in the months leading up to the strike. When Roy and his brother Walter moved into administrative positions at the United Auto Workers, employees on the production line never doubted that those men spoke for them in negotiations with corporate honchos.<\/p>\n<p>Things have changed.<\/p>\n<p>Labor union leaders these days are more likely to come from a university than from the shop floor. The current head of the AFL-CIO, for example, is Liz Shuler. She earned a journalism degree and spent years working through the bureaucratic back alleys of unions before emerging as the leader of the union\u2019s 12.5 million members. She hasn\u2019t ever worked like the members of the AFL-CIO work because paperwork is not the same thing as physical work. Shuler and other union leaders may be well-intended, but it is hard to relate to people you claim to represent when you haven\u2019t walked in their shoes and don\u2019t really have much in common with them.<\/p>\n<p>So, it isn\u2019t surprising that some labor union leaders are pushing for federal legislation that would shift power from rank-and-file members to the union leadership itself. For the good of the workers, of course.<\/p>\n<p>That was sarcasm.<\/p>\n<p>Union leaders support The Faster Labor Contracts Act, which they say will protect workers. In reality, it would diminish the power of rank-and-file workers to vote on the terms and conditions of their own employment. The Act would hand the feds the power to force a business and its workers into a union contract\u00a0<i>without either party\u2019s consent<\/i>. This idea is undemocratic on the face of it, and it would also give union leaders \u2014 who get to do the negotiating \u2014 more power while forcing both union leaders and members to serve a new set of masters in the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=613\">Chronicle of an Immense, Colorful, and Illustrious Hangover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To date, the federal government has lacked the power to force a labor contract on a union or an employer. The Faster Labor Contracts Act would give the federal government \u2014<i>\u00a0federal bureaucrats<\/i> \u2014 exactly that power. Once workers vote to unionize, the federal government would have the power to compel the union to accept a particular contract, thus setting workplace rules, pay, and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters claim the Act would \u201cspeed up\u201d contract negotiations, but speed isn\u2019t or ought not to be the primary object of contract talks. Getting a fair result for the workers ought to be.<\/p>\n<p>If the Act becomes law, by day 100 of contract talks, either party could trigger federal mediation through something called the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Once that happens, the process rolls along under\u00a0its own power,\u00a0thus taking power away from workers. On day 130, an unresolved process automatically would be sent to a three-person, binding arbitration panel. After day 144, arbitrators would determine the contract terms, which would remain in force for two years; far longer than the negotiation process.<\/p>\n<p>Three federal bureaucrats would be the deciders. The pigs inside the farmhouse. Everyone else gets to shiver in the cold outside.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this bill has bipartisan support \u2014 of the sort on display in <i>Animal Farm<\/i>, when the animals saw the pigs enjoying a nice meal inside the Farmer\u2019s house.<i>\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/i>\u00a0notes\u00a0that \u201cSeven House Republicans crossed the aisle to hand unions the 218 votes they needed in a discharge petition to bypass a committee and send the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) to the House floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=611\">Going and Coming to Mars: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE from Eric Peters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Not to Save Money on Gas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What We Risk Losing in the Push for Cheaper Drugs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tesla\u2019s Door-Pulls Kill \u2014 Almost \u2014 Again<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A most wonderful article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capitol-desk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>All Animals Are Equal. 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