Here we go again. Once more, without comment, the Sun Journal has run a guest column (Feb. 5) by a lobbying group with no disclosure of that fact. The author, Richard Berman, is the executive director of the “Center for Union Facts” — an anti-union public relations group funded by employers who — surprise — don’t like unions and would like to eliminate them.

Most outrageous comment: “A national Right to Work Act” would … transfer power from union bosses to blue-collar employees.”

Right. In the same way that eliminating police would transfer power over people’s personal safety from big government to the public.

Unions came to be for one reason only — to concentrate the power of workers so that the business owner and business workers could negotiate from somewhat equal power bases. Historically, owners had all the power, thus the 10-12 hour workdays, 6-7 day workweeks with no overtime, child labor, exploitation of female employees and on and on. You can look it up. Newsflash — many employers don’t like them.

The Sun Journal would do better, when running such opinion pieces, to let readers know whose opinions these are so that readers can put them in context.

Stephen Lunt, Auburn

Editor’s note: Richard Berman was clearly identified as the executive director of the Center for Union Facts in the tagline at the end of the column.