OH PLEASE – AT 10:14 A.M. ET:  A labor union gets ridiculous.  From the Dallas Morning News: 

A local union has filed a charge against the Dallas Cowboys and the National Football League claiming that the organizations are violating players federal rights in the national anthem dispute.  

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reportedly threatened to bench players that opt to kneel when the anthem is played at the beginning of the games. “If we are disrespecting the flag then we won't play. Period,” he told the news media after Sunday’s game. “We're going to respect the flag.”

That’s a violation of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, according to the Local 100 United Labor Unions, which represents workers in the southeastern states of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

On Tuesday, the group filed a charge with the Fort Worth office of the National Labor Relations Board, saying Jones’ public statements attempt to threaten, coerce and intimidate team members.

“The law is the law. And it’s against the law to threaten someone’s job,” said chief organizer, Wade Rathke. “Mr. Jones is way, way, way out of line here. And he needs to get back in his lane.”

COMMENT:  I'm certainly not anti-union.  I'm a union member myself.  Okay, it's the Writers Guild of America, which is concerned about things like anxiety attacks and writers' block, but it's a union, with real union cards.

I think the union guys are going wrong here.  They'll have to do some serious judge shopping to win this one.  Of course, that can be done.  But Jones is simply insisting on workplace decorum.  We cannot have employees free to launch political demonstrations, on company time, whenever they wish.

October 12, 2017