"Do as I say, not as I lobby."

Yeah, the title is a bastardization of the saying I used to hear from Uncle Phil as he started on his 2nd fifth of gin and 3rd pack of Chesterfields for the day.  "Do as I say, not as I do - get me that lighter, dammit." 

In this case of glaring hypocrisy I bring to you one of my favorite topics - Big Unions.  I won't bring up the fact that unions represent the largest group seeking waivers from Obama's CastroCare - although they lobbied hard for health care "reforms".  No, we'll discuss secret ballots - know as "card check".  The Employee Free Choice Act (another case of naming a bill the exact opposite of what it empowers) would take away secret ballots for employees and have them sign in front of union officers and other workers.  No intimidation there - after all, Big Unions aren't known for violence or worker oppression.  Well, here's the hypocrisy:

On Tuesday, a union filed a petition [5-RC-16629] with the National Labor Relations Board office in Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of the petition was to have the NLRB conduct a secret-ballot election. The employer in this case happens to be the United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 400, based in Landover, Maryland. The petitioning union is the Federation of Agents and International Representatives. [Yes, sometimes union representatives actually have unions represent them against their exploitive employers—the unions.]

Yes, apparently employees are asking for help against their oppressive employers - another union. Nice.

So, the union supports card check, crushing the right to secret ballots - but not for them.  Huh?  I called the main office of UFCW #400, in Landover, Maryland, at 1-800-638-0800, to get their reasoning.  They stated their Public Information Officer would get back to me.  They haven't.  Hoping my car doesn't have a malfunction and "accidently burst into flames" while I sleep.






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