Writer says unions have sanction to abuse force
Sir: Why do unions have the sanction to abuse force, when no other entity in society does? The garbage strike in London is an excellent illustration of this principle in action. It shows what's wrong with unions.
Unions use force in three different ways:
Society should sanction the use of force for three reasons only:
This is the purpose of government - that a consenting society gives elected officials and leaders the sanctioned use of force so we can be protected and live in a peaceful environment. Force is justifiable only in retaliation for its use against you or in defence. No other use of force is or should be tolerated in a free society.
Who elected the unions?
Unions should not be allowed to operate under the sanctioned use of force. The law should be changed so that unions operate on the same basis as any other group in society - voluntarily. The power of unions would then be proportioned to the amount of actual voluntary support that they receive and deserve.
This "legal hostage taking", this misuse of power by greedy unions against innocent third party citizens who pay their taxes for essential services should be stopped!
Let the city contract out the jobs to those who want to work and who don't aspire to invade the labor-management powers, which the voters have elected to give our civic government.
London
R.J.W. SMEENK
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last updated on April 28, 2002
