I think everyone knows that the unions are really just an extension of the Democratic party. Its largely a money laundering scheme between the Democrats and public employee unions, and a power play with the private sector.

The Democrats push money into the public unions by increasing funding for schools and government programs. And for the private side, they push laws that make it easier to organize companies, which fattens the union bosses pocketbooks, which they share with the politicians.

Its really a win win for everyone except the taxpayers and the union workers who don’t support a liberal policy playbook. But that hardly matters, because the union bosses make every effort to ensure unhappy voices don’t get a seat at the negotiating table, or they threaten workers.

So, in an effort to increase the dollars flowing into the union/democrat machine, President Biden is going to sign another executive order today. It is called  the “Executive Order Establishing the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment.” Sounds great doesn’t it? But they give away the game in the language they use.

The President and Vice President believe that the decline of union membership is contributing to serious societal and economic problems in our country. Widespread and deep economic inequality, stagnant real wages, and the shrinking of America’s middle class are all associated with the declining percentage of workers represented by unions. In addition, lower union membership rates have exacerbated the pay gap for women and workers of color. The decline of union density has also weakened our democracy. Unions ensure workers’ voices are heard in their workplaces, communities, and government.

They make it sound like unions are dying because of false barriers that have been erected by malign interests. When the real reason they are dying is because workers have been able to opt out more easily in recent years, and they can’t compete in a global economy that allows slave labor.

The executive order talks a lot about what kind of pressures it is going to place on American companies and workers, but fails to address the global market that undercuts American labor. If this effort is strictly focused on the American side of the equation, it will be pretty easy for unions to make  demands that price themselves out of the equation. This will certainly not help the movement in the long run.

At least it will make a few good sound bites in the short term.