What amazes me is how delusional the US right is on unions and the economy and that they are willing to take peoples rights away to promote a political fantasy.. Wonder what is next for the US right, a ban on interracial marriage? Or how about a ban on Muslims holding public office?
Ok, first, I am not the right. I have my own issues with a lot of their policies and philosophies. Do I normally vote for Republican Candidates instead of those from the Democrats, yes, but not because I actually support or believe in the Republicans, but because I absolutely hate socialist/socialistic policies, which the left (democrats) certainly do pursue. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", I don't believe that, so the Republicans are not really my friends, they are an ally in the fight against the socialists. In next years election, I will not actually be voting for the Republican candidate, I will be voting against BO. Likewise, I will not be voting for Republican House and Senate candidates, I will be voting against the Democrats running for those offices. Unfortunately, our system is primarily a two party system, with either the Republicans or Democrats having any realistic chance of winning and for years, some of us have not really been supporting either side but choosing what we believe is "the lesser of the two evils." Since my personal belief is that Socialism and Socialistic socio-economic philosophies and approaches to economics are the greatest Evil ever created by mankind and foisted upon mankind, they you can pretty much bet, and consistently win, that I am not going to be voting for a National Level, or even State Level for that matter, candidate from the Democrats, but that does not automatically make me right winged or on the "US Right".
Second, no where in the US Constitution, including the Bill of Rights is the "rights" to unionize and collective bargaining ever specifically mentioned. The belief that those are rights are interpretations of what is actually written.
Third, for over 50 years now, Unions, using collective bargaining has been raising labor costs in the US. In the case of public sector jobs, this has raised costs for state budgets and has directly led to bloated, money hungry inefficient departments inside all levels of government. This is not opinion, this has been proven over and over again with direct evidence (state budgets being just one source) and circumstantial evidence (cost of education vs education rankings). In the private sector, the two primary reasons given for outsourcing labor, usually unskilled labor, is Labor Cost and the cost of meeting Government Regulation, with a very strong emphasis on the EPA. With a few exceptions, nobody in the last 40 plus years actually equates "Made In America" with high standards of quality. Both the high cost of labor (higher pay and benefits from collective bargaining) and the continued reduced quality of products produced by that labor (directly related to job protection bargaining which restricts or eliminates a companies ability to fire low/unproductive workers or workers who continually fail quality control standards) are directly related and caused by Union activities.
Unions were once a good thing in America, however, their greediness has far exceeded their usefulness in modern society. No, or at least very few, modern Union officials will actually place the wellbeing of the labor they represent over that officials personal fortune or political influence.