Tim Kaine's support of "right to work" is wrong...

[midnight]

"The statement supporting "right to work" earned Kaine the ire of liberal bloggers at sites such as Working Life and Daily Kos.

When Kaine was considered a possible vice presidential candidate in 2008, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation noted his support for right-to-work laws and said "Kaine’s nomination might not sit well with big city unions, who are strong Democratic Party supporters."

But there’s a major problem with Peace’s claim: The bill being proposed by Wisconsin’s Gov. Walker does not contain "right to work" provisions. It is solely aimed at removing collective bargaining rights from public-sector unions on all non-salary issues. Our colleagues at PolitiFact Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel confirmed that there are currently no Republicans making a prominent push in the state for rules similar to those in Virginia.

We called the National Right to Work Foundation, a group that opposes mandatory unionization"

http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2011/feb/25/christopher-peace/del-chris-peace-says-tim-kaine-lock-step-obama-opp/

[midnight]

1. Some information….

"Austerity measures" are easier to fear: "austerity" is meant to sound scary and sadomasochistic. But "right to work" sounds dreary and almost redundant, like "right to pay bills."

That’s until you start to understand the history of the "right to work" movement, the racist human hagfish who brought "right to work" into our lexicon and made it happen, and the far-right fascist oligarchs who made it worth their while. Once you meet a few of these cretins — specifically, Vance Muse, the Karl Rove-meets-David Duke brains behind the whole "Right-to-Work" movement whom I’ll introduce you to a little later in this piece — you’ll understand why those thousands who converged on Lansing were acting like their state legislators just invited Count Dracula into everyone’s homes.

In terms of understanding what just happened, it would help if we were back in the 1940s and 50s, when most liberals and establishment media used — and understood — the antonym, "union security" — a descriptive phrase for the New Deal labor laws which finally gave union organizers a fighting chance, and saw the percentage of unionized workers in the US soar from single digits in the early 1930s to around 35% of the workforce by the mid-late 1940s.

The "right-to-work" movement to destroy labor unions began almost as soon as FDR passed the Wagner Act in the mid-1930s, which gave labor organizers "union security" as the old euphemism went and should still go. Again, you have to understand the historical context: Until the Wagner Act passed, when it came to workers’ rights, America in the 1930s was about half a century or more behind the rest of the West — child labor wasn’t even outlawed here until 1938."

https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/right-to-work/

[John Poet]

2. Well, this I did not know about...

'Learn more about Tim Kaine,' they said, 'you might be pleasantly surprised.'

Well, I'm surprised.... they got that part right...

Now we have a VP candidate who claimed to "strongly support" a 'right-to-work' law.

I can hardly wait for whatever comes next!

[midnight]

9. He also is in favor of TPP

"Kaine’s praise of the TPP’s expansion of intellectual property rights stands in opposition to concerns from many that the agreement will expand patent monopolies over life-saving drugs. The medical charity group Doctors Without Borders has warned that TPP provisions would make some pharmaceutical drugs too expensive for the world’s poor."

https://theintercept.com/2016/07/21/hours-before-hillary-clintons-vp-decision-likely-pick-tim-kaine-praises-the-tpp/

[SharonClark]

3. Kaine's AFL-CIO voting record (as of 2014) was 100% and 96% overall.

I agree that the RTW group is anti-union. But states that have RTW laws do not prevent workers from joining or forming a union.

[midnight]

4. right to work does so much damage….

[demosincebirth]

8. It makes it harder to keep union membership when you can opt put of a collective bargaining

agreement, don't pay dues and yet receive the benefits and protection of the union. Thats what the GOP has always wanted to be able to destroy the unions slowly and painfully for those who go from unionized to non-union.

[midnight]

10. "The more union dues shrink, the less unions are able to protect and advocate for the workers they

represent - a responsibility that grows increasingly crucial as corporate influence looms ever larger. Though no one loves paying taxes - or dues - both are vital to the survival of our democracy."

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16935-the-dues-and-donts-of-union-dues

[ismnotwasm]

5. There is a back story in the article and elsewhere

And he is getting accolades from labor groups such as AFL-CIO and SEIU. He is NOT anti-labor

[midnight]

6. He is in favor of right to work that gives no security to moms and dads and their children…

[midnight]

7. Here is a back story...

"Kaine has a history of breaking with labor and progressives on economic issues—to such an extent that headlines refer to the senator as “a Democrat Wall Street can like.” He has argued for looser banking regulations and was a leading advocate of granting fast-track authority for the unpopular Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal."

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/07/23/tim-kaine-has-troubling-record-labor-issues