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 »
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 »
Editorial pages all across the country continue to lash out against the anti-worker card check plan, citing local examples of why the bill would be bad for workers and bad for the economy. The bill would replace federally-supervised secret ballot elections with a public sign-up process that subjects workers to public scrutiny and pressure in the formation of a union. Equally troubling, the bill wo... Read more »
The state-by-state effort to protect workers’ fundamental right to a secret ballot is well known. In states across the nation, state and local governments are proactively taking a stand against the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, a bill introduced in the United States Congress that would actually take away employees’ ability to freely choose whether they wish to join a union through a federall... Read more »
The chorus of opposition to the anti-worker card check plan continues to grow, with six Republican governors speaking out today against the legislation. Politico has the scoop: "Six Republican governors, including a couple big ones, are publicly coming out against the Employee Free Choice Act today. South Carolina's Mark Sanford, Mississippi's Haley Barbour, Georgia's Sonny Perdue, Idaho's Butch O... Read more »
