The Wall Street Journal Online has an article today that describes the current labor-business climate here in Colorado. Unions are pushing some severe anti-business measures (duh, what else do they do?), but there is one in particular that made me say, “??”
From the Journal, “One measure would make Colorado only the second state in the union, after Montana, to require that employers prove every layoff is for a “just cause.”
Ok, aside from the problematic wording of ‘just cause…’ (this is like when lefties say ‘just wage.’ Who’s definition of ‘just’ are we supposed to be using. There is no objective, standardized definition of just. What I consider ‘just’ is an action predicated on voluntary human action). Anyway, my bigger quip is the logical inconsistency of the measure. If employers have to prove every layoff is ‘just,’ doesn’t that mean, to be logically consistent, that every worker must prove his or her leaving is ‘just?’ You can’t have your cake and eat it too. That’s the beauty of right to work. Both the employer and the employee can pull out of the relationship at any moment for any reason (within the contractual obligations of course). I like knowing that I can quit at any moment for any reason. Likewise, I’m sure my employer(s) like that they can get rid of me at any moment for any reason. This is only ‘fair.’ If one side has that ability and the other doesn’t, that is unfair. And if I were your average lefty, I’d whine and complain about that unfairness. Which is what I’m doing now!
