Comments by "" (@jmitterii2) on "Unions Working Towards Starting Third Party w/Nick Brana" video.

  1. There's a big market for it since more than half our population who can vote don't bother. 45% didn't vote in the last general election. And 63% didn't vote in the last midterm. And of those who did vote in either like myself, often leave half or more of the ballots blank since there are no contesting for that position on the ballot, or its the member of the same radical insanity choosing nut policy vs nut policy is pointless. Big problem though with unions, most states now have so called right to work legislation... right to get screwed is what it amounts to, states look the other way when breaking unionization laws, and so do workers (several places trying to form unions, the workers suddenly get big pay raises and drop their unionizing; totally illegal under law, but no enforcement, and workers are okay for the time being because no dues anymore they got their pay raise... until it gets shut down a year later and moved to another county or state or country). And existing unions, people simply don't pay their dues, companies blame any policy no matter what on unions despite most policies being company policies not union ones, which tend to be small anyway. Toothless unions are pointless... a cheese factory non-union pays more than a sugar factory that is union. I think unions are too late and a dollar short. We need a co-op system. So yes, a new party, call it labor or peoples party. But don't think pro-union will magical make things better. Union and union laws are weak and have proven to be dubious at best. A co-op system and stronger labor structures like Germany's Co-Determination where 50% of the board are appointed by their non-management workers to the board of directors determining compensation, capital expenses, essentially all aspects of business. But I'm more for a co-op structure where 100% voted by each worker, one vote each to determine the business. And funding via a Federal Reserve Co-Op Bank with the ability to lend at a discount to groups wanting to form these particular types of Co-Ops. Even if investors are sought and got to sign up, they would have only 1 vote, no more no less, regardless how much they invested into the co-op. Co-op system is the way to go. Eventually, workers democratically control their business. Capital formation is from the root of where it is today already from a government bank lending at a discount to private banks... in this would just cut the middleman of the banks and aristocracy trying to live like Caesars of old off other's labor.
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