In case there was any doubt left, high-ranking union officials behind the grossly misnamed Employee Free Choice Act have now made it perfectly clear: Card check is all about politics. The Wall Street Journal’s Brody Mullins reports— “So you thought that Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democratic Party would be enough to win him the support of Big Labor for his 2010 re-election? Thi... Read more »
In the ongoing battle over the so-called Employee Free Choice Act – a bill better known as card check, because it replaces federally-supervised secret ballot elections with a public card signing process – supporters of this anti-worker plan have argued that the legislation is necessary to strengthen a flailing economy. But a new analysis from Applied Economic Strategies (AES) found that many of th... Read more »
After yesterday’s news that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has switched political parties, talk of a compromise on the anti-worker card check plan has once again taken center stage. Specter – a Senator who announced earlier this year that he opposed card check as a Republican, and repeated yesterday that he still opposes it as a Democrat – has been at the center of speculation about a possible... Read more »
Two more states have taken steps to guarantee their citizens’ right to a secret ballot, a growing signal that state and local leaders are concerned by pending federal legislation to do away with such protections in the workplace. Legislatures in Florida and Missouri have advanced measures that would guarantee the right to a secret ballot, part of a broader movement across the country that attempts... Read more »
In what many view as a signal of its continued commitment to the unpopular card check plan, the Obama administration has announced that a high-profile advocate of the controversial measure will serve as a senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. The Associated Press reported on this development late last week: “President Barack Obama has appointed a key union activist as senior advis... Read more »
The Obama administration took the reins of power amid lofty promises of transparency and accountability. But as the President and his team prepare to mark their 100th day in office, workers around the country are in for a rude awakening. It seems the pledge of transparency doesn’t apply to rank-and-file workers. In fact, one of the first orders of business for the Obama Labor Department turns out ... Read more »
With inside-the-beltway politicians and special interests plotting to take away workers’ right to a secret ballot, state and local leaders are fighting back. Indeed, in states across the country, grassroots movements are sprouting up to oppose or attempt to preempt the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, a bill more widely known as card check for its provision to replace federally-supervised secre... Read more »
Although the card check legislation has been widely panned by editorial writers, small business owners, and opinion leaders from across the political spectrum, this chilly reception has not stopped the bill’s advocates from carrying on their campaign to do away with the secret ballot in workplace organizing elections. So reported Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call today in a piece that highlights th... Read more »
The so-called Employee Free Choice Act – a misnomer if ever there was one – is widely known for its imposition of card check organizing, a process that eliminates the secret ballot for workers deciding whether to form a union. And it’s no wonder. This attack on worker privacy has drawn the ire of Americans from all across the political spectrum. However, a somewhat lesser known provision has grown... Read more »
Small business owners all across the country continue to speak out against the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would actually take away employees’ ability to freely and privately choose whether they wish to join a particular union. As part of that effort, key minority business groups came to Capitol Hill this morning to explain their opposition to the legislation and urge Members of... Read more »
