So if a union thug kills someone for crossing the picket line during a strike for, for example, a higher wage, the federal prosecutors are barred from getting involved. And in many cases the local and state law enforcement does not have the resources or the political will to stand up to powerful local union officials who were involved in orchestrating the violence. And so, since much violence goes unprosecuted, there's even less opportunity for the media to cover the epidemic of union violence. The moderate rhetoric of union officials is usually meant to get people to let down their guard. You see, when the union hierarchy has the entire workforce handed over to it on a silver platter, and they don't even have to go out there and justify why the union deserves their financial support, they develop an incredible sense of arrogance and infallibility which leads to corruption.
Nothing is gained.
At least not for having a harmonious workplace and honest dealing between employers and employees. The exact opposite is what organized labor shoots for. Twenty-one states have enacted Right to Work Laws. Today, the Foundation just won a case in Philadelphia, preventing the firefighters union from collecting dues from non-members without first providing independently audited financial disclosure. The First Amendment gives everyone the right to free association, unfortunately the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet figured out that that also gives us the freedom not to associate.