Democrats Plot “Compromise” on Workers’ Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
December 1, 2009
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Alexa Marrero or Ryan Murphy
((202) 225-4527)
With December upon us, the first session of the 111th Congress is rapidly coming to a close. Interestingly, one of the year’s first legislative priorities among Democrats and their special interest allies remains unfinished business in these last weeks of the year. The so-called Employee Free Choice Act (better known as “card check” legislation) was supposed to be a shoo-in for enactment. That is, until the American people had their say. Kevin Mooney has the details in a piece posted today by The American Spectator:
Mooney, “Beyond Card Check,” The American Spectator, 12.01.09 No wonder workers have rejected card check. Replacing private ballots with a public sign-up process is bound to make workers feel vulnerable to intimidation, coercion, and the threat of retribution. Unfortunately, the compromises now making the rounds among Democratic backers of EFCA are no better – and workers have reason to remain wary of the future:
Mooney, “Beyond Card Check,” The American Spectator, 12.01.09 Workers beware. It seems the end of 2009 will not be the end of EFCA. Dress it up, strip it down, or change its name – EFCA was, is, and will always be an attack on workers’ rights that ought to be defeated once and for all. ### |