they look south, where are the foreign companies coming? spartanburg, south carolina, bmwar plants, mercedes, tuscaloosa. volkswagen volkswagen, chattanooga, nissan plant. when foreign folks come into the country, they say, we don t want to deal with that stuff. let s go where we have good labor relations in the united states of america the wages are reasonable. greta: are the big companies, though, are they the one who is are union busting? if they are only going to go to those states and put some governors up against the wall, in order to compete sure. they are going to get the best deal. here s where i agree with the union guys. nafta, gatt, they are magna carta for transcontinental corporations to shut down the united states, where they have high wages and the high regulations and move it over to china, cut your wage rate by
going to stop paying dues. they are going to say, i will keep the money myself. union members themselves are going to say, go to the employer and say, keep me on the job if i resign from the union? they are going to do that and keep the money themselves. the threat is not to the workers, it is to the union hierarchet and union structure and the union money. i mean, workers are going to be as well or as bad off as workers in virginia, tennessee and texas and florida, all of which are right-to-work states. are those folks really in horrible shape? their unemployment rate is lower. greta: there are two types of unions. there is the private union and the public union. right. greta: and the public-sector union is so vastly different in one respect, you know, lawyers always have to worry about the conflict of interest. but there is something bizarre about a public-sector union, putting somebody in office and then negotiating with that somebody for the person s wages or benefits. righ
we are going to have a civil war in this state. [loud commotion]. and the fact of the matter is, the heritage study shows a quarter of the union members would stop paying dues if they could. it s not about jobs. it isn t about wages. it is want about benefits. those are the things that get all the attention. what is at stake is the democrat party having its money laundering operation blown to smithereens. it means less money, less power. we are going to pass something that will undo 100 years of labor relations. and there will be blood. there will be repercussions. get the [bleep] out of my face! you hurt a lady. hurt nobody.
was in ojaio and in michigan?! cadillac square. that s detroit, where the democratic candidates launched their campaigns. greta: wroont you agree that private-sector unions are much different in in terms of historically, needing protection and gathering together pooling resources. i m a union guy. i am in aftra/sag. i pay dues and i don t have to. i was a journalist in 1962. the editor hired me and they said, you have to join the union in 60 months or you will be fired. the union said, have you to pay for a union strike in new york, or we will get you fired when i was writing editorials against the strike in new york. so this is the it is that kind of coercion, which is coming to an end, everywhere. you heard it right here. the folks in michigan said, we looked at indiana, they are gettingions, businesses are coming in there. that s why we did it.
they are going to say, i will keep the money myself. union members themselves are going to say, go to the employer and say, keep me on the job if i resign from the union? they are going to do that and keep the money themselves. the threat is not to the workers, it is to the union hierarchet and union structure and the union money. i mean, workers are going to be as well or as bad off as workers in virginia, tennessee and texas and florida, all of which are right-to-work states. are those folks really in horrible shape? their unemployment rate is lower. greta: there are two types of unions. there is the private union and the public union. right. greta: and the public-sector union is so vastly different in one respect, you know, lawyers always have to worry about the conflict of interest. but there is something bizarre about a public-sector union, putting somebody in office and then negotiating with that somebody for the person s wages or benefits. right. greta: public service.