{"id":82,"date":"2007-09-12T17:37:40","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T17:37:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:37:59","slug":"does-forced-unionism-also-threaten-bridge-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/does-forced-unionism-also-threaten-bridge-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Forced Unionism Also Threaten Bridge Safety?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ntu.org\/main\/post.php?post_id=2605\">National Taxpayers Union\u2019s blog<\/a> (they\u2019re a voluntary \u201cunion\u201d) picks up on a Senate vote today to repeal Davis-Bacon wage mandates for bridges classified as \u201cstructurally deficient\u201d or \u201cfunctionally obsolete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/na_6.htm\">Project Labor Agreements<\/a>,\u201d Davis-Bacon effectively discriminates against nonunion workers and contractors, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrtwc.org\/newsroom\/446.htm\">effectively blackballing them from working on government projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, Big Labor\u2019s allies in the Senate <a href=\"http:\/\/senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00334\">blocked the amendment<\/a> that would have eliminated the onerous David-Bacon requirements\u2026 meaning that taxpayer dollars will continue to be diverted into bridge construction projects under union boss monopoly control.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting featherbedding, extortionate work stoppages, and wasteful work rules will run up the costs. Meanwhile, union officials will rake in millions in forced union dues.<\/p>\n<p>But that isn\u2019t where the story ends. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyregulations.com\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=391#391\">map<\/a> shows the Percentage of Bridges in each State that is classified as \u201cFunctionally Obsolete\u201d or \u201cStructurally Unsound\u201d (the same classifications used in the blocked Senate Amendment):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img252.imageshack.us\/img252\/3975\/mapml7.jpg\" border=\"0\" height=\"411\" width=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that bridges in Right to Work States are far safer than those in states that allow union officials to force workers to pay union dues or be fired.<\/p>\n<p>In fact bridges are 31% more likely to be functionally obsolete or structurally unsound in forced-unionism states (29.68% in Forced-Unionism States vs. 22.71% in Right to Work States).<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ntu.org\/main\/post.php?post_id=2605\">National Taxpayers Union\u2019s blog<\/a> (they\u2019re a voluntary \u201cunion\u201d) picks up on a Senate vote today to repeal Davis-Bacon wage mandates for bridges classified as \u201cstructurally deficient\u201d or \u201cfunctionally obsolete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/na_6.htm\">Project Labor Agreements<\/a>,\u201d Davis-Bacon effectively discriminates against nonunion workers and contractors, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrtwc.org\/newsroom\/446.htm\">effectively blackballing them from working on government projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, Big Labor\u2019s allies in the Senate <a href=\"http:\/\/senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00334\">blocked the amendment<\/a> that would have eliminated the onerous David-Bacon requirements\u2026 meaning that taxpayer dollars will continue to be diverted into bridge construction projects under union boss monopoly control.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting featherbedding, extortionate work stoppages, and wasteful work rules will run up the costs. Meanwhile, union officials will rake in millions in forced union dues.<\/p>\n<p>But that isn\u2019t where the story ends. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyregulations.com\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=391#391\">map<\/a> shows the Percentage of Bridges in each State that is classified as \u201cFunctionally Obsolete\u201d or \u201cStructurally Unsound\u201d (the same classifications used in the blocked Senate Amendment):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img252.imageshack.us\/img252\/3975\/mapml7.jpg\" border=\"0\" height=\"411\" width=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that bridges in Right to Work States are far safer than those in states that allow union officials to force workers to pay union dues or be fired.<\/p>\n<p>In fact bridges are 31% more likely to be functionally obsolete or structurally unsound in forced-unionism states (29.68% in Forced-Unionism States vs. 22.71% in Right to Work States).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does Forced Unionism Also Threaten Bridge Safety? - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/blog\/does-forced-unionism-also-threaten-bridge-safety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does Forced Unionism Also Threaten Bridge Safety? - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Taxpayers Union\u2019s blog (they\u2019re a voluntary \u201cunion\u201d) picks up on a Senate vote today to repeal Davis-Bacon wage mandates for bridges classified as \u201cstructurally deficient\u201d or \u201cfunctionally obsolete.\u201dLike \u201cProject Labor Agreements,\u201d Davis-Bacon effectively discriminates against nonunion workers and contractors, effectively blackballing them from working on government projects.Not surprisingly, Big Labor\u2019s allies in the Senate blocked the amendment that would have eliminated the onerous David-Bacon requirements\u2026 meaning that taxpayer dollars will continue to be diverted into bridge construction projects under union boss monopoly control.The resulting featherbedding, extortionate work stoppages, and wasteful work rules will run up the costs. 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