Liberal Talk Radio

I’m sorry, but I have a hard time sympathizing with the Alaska Air Baggage Handlers’ unions in this case. It appears that the union is suing to prevent Alaska from outsourcing it’s baggage handling, because you can’t outsource in the middle of negotiations, according to federal law.

I’m no expert on the law here, but I have to disagree with the union’s general tactic. If Alaska wants to outsource to a non-union company, the answer is not to sue. The answer is to send a field rep to the contractor and start organizing workers. Then everyone benefits… isn’t that the whole point of a union?

If the AFL-CIO fails or implodes, it will have at least as much to do with their own stubborn refusal to adapt to changing times as anything else.