Without much fanfare, Democrats in Congress have quietly set in motion a plan that the Washington Post has described as “an ill-disguised bid to kill a program that gives some poor parents a choice regarding where their children go to school.” Through a little-noticed provision tucked in the FY 2009 omnibus spending bill – a $410 billion monstrosity that funds everything from the United States Sec... Read more »
One of the major arguments against the anti-worker card check scheme – the legislation introduced in Congress that would replace federally-supervised secret ballot elections with a public sign-up process that makes workers’ choices known to all – is that the American people overwhelmingly reject it as undemocratic. New polling data released yesterday by Rasmussen Reports confirm the public’s views... Read more »
Now that card check legislation has been formally introduced in Congress, the arguments on both sides are coming into focus. One of the most puzzling claims that card check supporters repeat over and over is that workers are somehow being victimized today by secret ballot elections, because employers pressure them to vote no on joining a union. This claim has never made much sense. If workers are ... Read more »
The following op-ed by Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) appears in The Hill newspaper as part of a special report on Children’s Initiatives. All parents want to give their children the best that life has to offer, and they know that a high-quality education is the key that can open many of life’s doors. No one cares more about a child’s education than his or her parents. And that means no one i... Read more »
Recognizing that small businesses are critical to the American economy, the White House today hosted a conference on small businesses in which the Obama administration outlined new plans purportedly aimed at helping small businesses weather the economic storm. What the administration failed to mention, however, is that one of the greatest threats to small businesses today is the one-two punch of h... Read more »
A press release issued this week by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters took many people by surprise with its overt attack on the principle of the secret ballot. After all, supporters of the undemocratic card check plan – which replaces secret ballot voting with a public sign-up process that opens workers to intimidation and coercion – have been working overtime trying to convince the Ameri... Read more »
The following op-ed by Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, appears in today’s edition of The Washington Examiner. Canada has Card Check lessons for U.S. By Rep. Howard McKeon, OpEd Contributor 3/13/09 5:17 AM This may come as a surprise, but when it comes to American labor law, we have a lot to learn from our neighbors to the nor... Read more »
The misnamed Employee Free Choice Act may have been formally introduced in Congress yesterday, but introduction should not be confused with momentum. In fact, the bill’s formal unveiling has been somewhat of a dud, drawing fewer congressional supporters than it did two years ago, when it was last considered. In 2007, EFCA boasted 233 cosponsors in the House and 46 in the Senate. This year, the fig... Read more »
Earlier today, Democrats formally introduced the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would replace federally-supervised secret ballot elections with a public sign-up process that opens workers up to public pressure, intimidation, coercion, and retribution. Introduction of the legislation was carefully timed to follow a hearing in the U.S. Senate designed to make the case for this undemo... Read more »
Congressional Democrats are reportedly preparing to introduce their misnamed Employee Free Choice Act tomorrow, setting in motion a legislative gambit that would effectively eliminate secret ballots in the workplace. This anti-worker plan has already drawn the ire of editorial writers, economists, and the American people. Now, on what looks to be the eve of the bill’s formal introduction in Congre... Read more »
