How much do Republicans hate the ability for workers to organize and form unions? So much so that they’re willing to kill anti-terrorism legislation, part of which contains the right for TSA workers to unionize.
President Bush and his Senate allies will kill a Sept. 11 antiterror bill if Congress sends it to the White House with a provision to let airport screeners unionize, the White House and 36 Republicans said Tuesday. – AP
This must be why Republicans are so “strong” in the media’s eyes when it comes to national defense and security; they’re willing to derail national security to keep their pals in big business happy.
Most oblivious cabinet member award continues to go to Sec. Chertoff, who tried defending the anti-labor stance with this doozy: “Marines don’t collectively bargain over whether they’re going to wind up, you know, being deployed in Anbar province or in Baghdad”.
Great analogy between members of the armed forces and public employees Secretary Chertoff.
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