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On Workers’ Rights, There is No Compromise … Part II

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 23, 2009 | Alexa Marrero ((202) 225-4527)
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 businesses must be worried about the possibility that the Employee Free Choice Act will pass, because Costco, Starbucks and Whole Foods announced an alternative. Labor unions and labor-backing congressmen rejected it.”

Murray, “Congress: A Make-Or-Break Week,” MSNBC.com, 03.23.09 

 The simple truth is that with card check as a starting point, compromise just isn’t possible. Those advocating a compromise are merely distracting from the reality that card check is bad policy that does not deserve to become law – in any form whatsoever.

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