One of the duties of the President of the United States is to appoint people to positions within the government.  Since theoretically no one person has a whole lot of authority, that really shouldn’t be too much of a big deal.  Well, sometimes it is. 

Yesterday the Daily Caller posted an article about the recent elections at Delta Airlines where the flight attendants of the company decided to remain a union-free shop.  After a five-week campaign, the flight attendants voted 9,544 to 8,778 to remain union free.  Unfortunately that was not the end of the story.  The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has alleged that Delta interfered with the election by pressuring the flight attendants to vote against the union.  Delta denies the charges.  Now the union is asking the National Mediation Board (NMB) for a revote.  Well, let’s look at who President Obama has placed on the NMB–two of the panels three members are former airline union officials.

The article concludes:

“Delta workers have been courageous in their repeated attempts to resist this tide and remain masters of their own fate; unfortunately, the corrupt bargain between Big Labor and liberal politicians is conspiring to strangle their democratically expressed wishes.  It is outrageous that a federal board charged with resolving labor disputes is comprised of former union officials.  How can two former airline-union leaders possible adjudicate the Delta election in a dispassionate manner?  How is it possible that Puchala and Hoglander (the two board members) will not be forced to recuse themselves in llight of their obvious loyalties?”

Union leaders have become the new ‘greedy robber barrons’ of the past.  It is dangerous to have them so tightly woven into the fabric of our government.