Members of Congress home for the two week district work period may have escaped the Washington echo chamber, but they can’t escape the nationwide echo of opposition to the anti-worker card check plan. Just yesterday, a coalition of minority business groups became the latest to raise their voices in opposition to the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that actually takes away workers’ abili... Read more »
Though Congress is not in session, the threat of pending legislation to deny workers the right to a secret ballot in union organizing elections is still very real. That’s why editorial pages around the country continue to pile on in opposition to this anti-worker, anti-growth plan. On Sunday, an editorial in the Grand Rapids Press spelled out the dangers of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act –... Read more »
For anyone who mistakenly thought the anti-worker card check bill was no longer a threat, an exclusive story online at Politico should serve as a jarring wakeup call. Reporter Mike Allen reveals that labor officials plan to use the upcoming two week Congressional district work period to undertake “the biggest grassroots mobilization of America’s workers since the final week of the presidential ele... Read more »
Word of card check’s devastating consequences for the American economy has spread like wildfire, and small business owners all over the country are taking notice. After all, the card check scheme would effectively eliminate secret ballots in workplace organizing elections, putting workers at risk of intimidation and public pressure while potentially jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of American j... Read more »
On this day of pranks and practical jokes, it would be easy to wonder if the anti-worker card check bill was nothing but an elaborate hoax. After all, a bill that has been universally rejected by opinion leaders and the American people themselves can hardly be taken seriously. Unfortunately for American workers, the plan is all too real. Under card check, secret ballots in workplace organizing ele... Read more »
A better question would be: Who cares? Bartlet was one of the main characters in The West Wing, a fictional TV show about the White House which went off the air in 2006. You might as well ask the doctors on E.R. for their thoughts on health care reform. But that’s not going to stop backers of the grossly misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) from pretending that the make-believe Bartlet Adminis... Read more »
The undemocratic card check scheme has been the subject of relentless criticism for months now, with detractors highlighting everything from its transparent political implications to its shocking assault on workers’ rights. Although the bill has been dubbed the Employee Free Choice Act by its supporters, it’s hard to imagine a more misleading name. In fact, the bill would actually limit free choic... Read more »
There continues to be a great deal of confusion and outright misinformation about what the card check proposal would mean for secret ballots in workplace organizing elections. Opponents of the anti-worker plan, including us, have pointed to the plain language of the legislation, which states: `(6) … If the Board finds that a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining has signed... Read more »
For months now, editorial pages all around the country have been sounding off against the stunningly misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would give workers anything but a free choice when deciding whether to join a union. Public opinion remains squarely against the measure, better known as card check, and in recent days its legislative prospects have grown increasingly dim. Recognizing ... Read more »
With yesterday’s news that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter will join Senate Republicans—and perhaps a handful of Senate Democrats as well—in opposing the anti-worker card check plan, it seems that workplace democracy is on safer ground, at least for now. Of course, efforts to tilt the playing field in favor of special interests are sure to continue, so it’s a safe bet that this controversial sc... Read more »
