It's Apparantly Transparant

Secret meetings where no news cameras are allowed doesn't seem very transparant to me. Joe Biden has been in meetings with top union leaders discussing the card check program. The program would eliminate secret voting when people decide to become union or not. Now, I'm in a union, and let me give some first hand experiences when it comes to exactly what unions do, both positive and negative. The positive aspect is of course it keeps your boss from firing you for no reason what-so-ever. It makes bargaining for pay raises easier, and establishes contracts with the employer with set rules and regulations. Good union, good boy. The negative aspects are as follows: It allows lazy, worthless people who don't pull their fair share of the work to keep being lazy and worthless. Pretty much the only ways to get fired at my job is to fail a drug test or excess of call offs. That's about it. Those of us that do more than our fair share of the work *cough* me *cough cough* get paid the exact amount as those that sit on their ass all day. The managments hands are tied. Also, lets say the words "lay off" begin to float around the lunch room. Miraculously, at least three guys have twisted their ankles and need to go on medical leave! Let me give you all an example of how messed up the system is. I was having a debate about Reagan and how he was the best President in recent history. An older guy was using the argument that Reagan broke up unions and was "bad". This is his argument: "Man, back in the day it was great. We'd show up for work high or drunk or late, and the bosses would b*tch at us about it. All we had to say is 'I'm calling the union' and they would back off because the union was so strong." Now, those of us with common sense, we know the fault in this argument. I didn't say anything at first. I let him sit and reflect on his sentence. It took a few minutes, but when it clicked in his eyes, I knew it. "So what your telling me is that it was a good thing to show up for work and run heavy machinery f*cked up? So it was a good thing for the unions to be that strong? Let me tell you about what Reagan did. Air traffic controllers walked off the job to go on strike while airplanes were still in the air. They endangered those peoples lives just so they could get an extra couple bucks an hour. That's immoral and wrong, I don't care what anybody says." He of course stormed out, but that wasn't the point of this post. The fact that Biden is in these meetings "secretly" and won't allow press coverage just elevates my fear that card check is going to become a reality. No longer will we have the freedom to vote on these matters in private, and more than likely union coruption will run rampant. Those of us in unions know how corupt unions can be, and how unfair they are for those of us who have a strong work ethics and strong moral convictions.
I'm no rat, get that straight right now. However I won't sit on the sidelines any longer. It's time for other union workers who know these facts I've spoken of to speek up as well, and to try and stop the corruption. Transparancy doesn't mean taking away our rights to decide our own futures.