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 »
Opposition continues to mount against the undemocratic card check scheme, with small businesses speaking up this week about how the controversial legislation is bad for their workers and bad for the economy. The Senate Republican Policy Committee and Senate Republican Conference joined together yesterday to host a hearing on small businesses and how they would be impacted by the so-called Employee... Read more »
Last week, we responded to growing speculation that a move is afoot to compromise on the anti-worker card check bill. Speaking of card check, we said, “It’s bad for workers, bad for the economy, and just plain bad for democracy. … On card check, there is simply no room for compromise.” Still, word of a compromise has continued to spread, with MSNBC’s First Read reporting this morning— “Some busine... Read more »
Supporters of the undemocratic card check plan seem to have come to the conclusion that their plan is so toxic, and so unpopular with the American public, that it will never become law. How else to explain the recent increase in speculation about a possible “compromise” on card check? There’s just one problem. At its core, card check is nothing more than a special interest power grab that would be... 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 »
