Workers of the World...

LABOR UNIONS were never intended to bestow evil upon the world. They were, and are, never formed for the purpose of disrupting the economy, damaging the free enterprise system, or exploiting the workers themselves, contrary to what wealthy capitalists often claim.

People who work hard all day for low wages are not inherently inclined to gather together after work for the purpsoe of bettering their lot in work life. They are far more inclined to go home, hide from the world, and rest in preparation for more labor on the morrow.

But when large groups of people are convinced that they are collectively being abused, they tend, as a last resort, to organize. Its rather remindful of jefferson's declaration of independence, in which he reminds us that people are far more prone to accept tyranny than rebel against it, and only rise up when circumstances become unbearable, and tyranny unacceptable.

For fifty years our beloved american corporate icon wal mart, inc. has effectively, miraculously, prevented its employees, "associates" from unionizing, but that may not last much longer. During the past two weeks worker strikes have spread to wal mart stores across the country, and the corporate masters seem to understand that the jig may be up.

Traditionally, wal mart's executive masters have thwarted unionization by keeping the employee turnover rate high, disallowing union organizers on site, labeling them troublemakers, and threatening to replace workers who listen to them. Essentially, anti union propaganda.

But with wal mart worker complaints piling up at the national labor relations board, the masters are taking a softer approach. Internal documents are being deliberately leaked by the masters which convey the impression that the behemoth business wishes to behave tolerantly towards all worker activity, which we understand a priori is a publicity stunt.

The strikes are being called publicity stunts by the masters, when in truth the publicity stunts consist in the response to the strikes. If the plight of the hourly wage workers continues downward as it has for decades, not only are wal mart workers likely to finally achieve organized status, but the national trend to destroy labor unions in general is likely to be reversed.

Workers of the world....