Unions--love 'em or hate 'em?

"We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They've got a war, they got a war with us and there's only going to be one winner. It's going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We're going to win that war," Jimmy Hoffa said to a heavily union crowd.

"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong," Hoffa added..." Full text: Hoffa Threatens GOP At Obama Event: "Take These Son Of Bitches Out"

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Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:17 Deut. 5:21. Neh. 5:7; Job 20:15; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 119:36; Prov. 1:19; Prov. 11:24, 26; Prov. 15:27; Prov. 21:25, 26; Prov. 22:16; Prov. 23:4, 5; Prov. 30:8, 9; Eccl. 1:8 vs. 2–8.; Eccl. 4:7, 8; Eccl. 5:10, 11; Isa. 1:23; Isa. 5:8; Isa. 56:11; Isa. 57:17; Jer. 6:13; Jer. 8:10; Jer. 17:11; Jer. 22:17; Jer. 51:13; Ezek. 22:12, 13; Ezek. 33:31; Hos. 4:18; Hos. 10:1; Mic. 2:2; Mic. 3:11; Mic. 7:3; Hab. 1:15, 16; Hab. 2:5–9; Hag. 1:6; Mal. 1:10; Matt. 6:19–21, 24, 25, 31–33; Matt. 13:22 Mark 4:19; Luke 7:14. Matt. 16:26; Matt. 19:24 v. 23;; Luke 18:24, 25. Matt. 22:5 vs. 1–14.; Mark 7:21–23; Luke 12:15 [See parable of rich man, vs. 16–21.] Luke 12:33, 34 Matt. 6:21. Luke 14:18 vs. 16–24.; John 6:26, 27; Rom. 1:29; Rom. 13:9; 1 Cor. 5:11; Eph. 5:3, 5 1 Cor. 6:10. Col. 3:2, 5, 6; Phil. 3:18, 19; 1 Thess. 2:5; 1 Tim. 3:2, 3; 1 Tim. 6:5–11, 17; 2 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:7; Heb. 13:5; Jas. 4:2, 13, 14 vs. 13–17.; 1 Pet. 5:2; 2 Pet. 2:3, 14 vs. 15,16.; 1 John 2:15 vs. 16,17.; Jude 11
Swanson, James ; Nave, Orville: New Nave's. Oak Harbor : Logos Research Systems, 1994

Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "...[W]e can win if we take them on..."

Unfortunately, union dues often go to support candidates that the member would not necessarily support.

Do you think that union leadership would defend members equally if they do not allow their dues to be used for political causes?

"...[M]ost employees do not know or clearly understand their choices and legal alternatives vis-a-vis the union. On the one hand, it is common knowledge that employees have the right to join and assist unions. Less well known, however, is employees' right to refrain from supporting the union. This "right to refrain" includes: a) the right to refrain from joining the union in the first place;(3)b) the right to resign from union membership at any time, and thereby escape any post-resignation internal union fines or discipline;(4)and c) the right to stop paying full union dues and instead pay only a reduced "financial core fee" which excludes the union's political and non-collective bargaining expenditures.(5) Unfortunately, many employees are misled into believing, either tacitly or through outright misrepresentations, that they are required as a condition of employment to join the union and pay full dues as a condition of employment.(6)" Full text: Union Discipline and Employee Rights by Rossie D. Alston, Jr. and Glenn M. Taubman

Hoffa: "Let's take these son of bitches out..."