Its Labor Day, not Union Day. American workers deserve freedom of choice

As summer comes to an end, many Americans are looking forward to the first celebration before fall: Labor Day.A day to recognize the American worker, whose hard work and dedication make our standard of living possible.Yet every year, union bosses exploit this American tradition by stealing the spotlight from workers to argue for more coercive powers from the government.

Instead of celebrating the workers they claim to "represent," union officials use this day to bullhorn rhetoric and wield political influence that protects their privileged positions.Unions today are largely built on power backed by the government.Rather than have to earn the support of individual workers, union officials wield federal law to force workers under one-size-fits-all so-called "representation," no matter how strenuously a worker might object.

In the 24 states without right-to-work laws that make union financial support voluntary, union officials then legally threaten dissenting workers to "pay up or be fired."EXPLOSIVE REPORT UNEARTHS PROMINENT UNION MONEY TRAIL LABELED A 'STUNNING BETRAYAL' OF MAGA MEMBERSEven ardent supporters of forced unionism sometimes admit that union boss powers are often used to the detriment of many of the workers they purport to "represent."A teacher takes part in the Chicago Teachers' Union strike rally in downtown Chicago, on Oct.17, 2019.

(Joel Lerner/Xinhua via Getty Images)Take former Clinton-era Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, who has never seen a proposal for expanded union boss power he didn’t support.While a Harvard professor of business and public policy, Reich bemoaned changes in the law that "put greater weight on the voluntary aspects of unionism and de-emphasized the necessity for coercion.""In order to maintain themselves, unions have got to have some ability to strap their members to the mast," Reich explained to an Associated Press reporter.Years later, none other than former Vice President Kamala Harris similarly conceded that many work...