{"id":28146,"date":"2003-07-16T22:47:46","date_gmt":"2003-07-17T02:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=28146"},"modified":"2017-10-24T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:09:29","slug":"are-union-members-lemmings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2003\/07\/16\/are-union-members-lemmings\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Union Members Lemmings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year&#8217;s business scandals should have been enough to remind everyone of the importance of reliable business audits and public disclosure generally. But while many would say it is self-evident that ethics rules that are good for big business are good for big labor, labor unions are fighting hard against Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao&#8217;s proposal that labor unions disclose to members how union funds are spent.<\/p>\n<p>The National Legal and Policy Center has an interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlpc.org\/olap\/030714lm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> quoting unions asking their own members to lobby the government so the unions won&#8217;t have to tell the members how their money is spent.<\/p>\n<p>Lemmings, by the way, are arctic rodents best known for devastating mass actions that end in their own destruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year&#8217;s business scandals should have been enough to remind everyone of the importance of reliable business audits and public disclosure generally. 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