Letter: Various types of unions exist in US

To the editor: The recent right-to-work decision by anti-labor union forces in Madison shows how well unionism does work. It took a united bonding of all Republican state legislators to suppress unionism at the workplace by standing together in total solidarity. Oh sure, both sides practice unionism to get things done. Everywhere you go there is unionism of a sort. What would sports teams do without united action? No one player can win the game by himself. Yes, unionism is everywhere! When this North American continent began to take a new population shape from the flow of immigrants from Europe, and this vast new land needed an identity, no immigrant nation chose to name it New Germany, New France, New Spain, etc. There probably were too many people from each old country for any to be more deserving than another, so they maybe thought that a single nation of united groups with a brand new name would work best. So, United States it became. Their decision was right. United would be the first name; it still is, folks, it still is. It survived one attempted division from 1861-1865. One hopes that it will never come to that again, even though I personally suspect there exist many closet separatists, confederates, KKK’ers or similar ilk. Now, on to a different union. The wealth of any one individual, or group , shouldn’t possess the right to dictate what goes on in all of the United States. For some time now the union of big money has been buying too many decisions in Washington to satisfy themselves, not this nation overall. The union of big money has also bought control of the U.S. Congress as well as the state assembly and senate in Wisconsin. It will endeavor mightily to take back the presidency, probably with the balding enemy of organized labor who is state-hopping for votes although he hasn’t yet said he will run. Fellow union brothers, whether you ever belonged to one or not, there will be a need to get out the working man’s vote. A political party can be maintained by a union of money on one side or by the union for common good on the other side. Where do most of us belong? Brian K. Semrau, Shawano