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O.C. Register: Card Check “Deserves to Fail”

With 345,000 More Americans Out of Work, It’s Hard to Imagine a Worse Time for Job-Killing Legislation Like Card Check

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2009 | Alexa Marrero ((202) 225-4527)
The monthly jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor came out this morning, and the news was grim. An estimated 345,000 Americans lost their jobs in May, bringing the unemployment rate to 9.4 percent – its highest level in more than 25 years.

Amid continued job losses, it’s no surprise to see editorial boards continuing to voice their opposition to the anti-worker, anti-job card check scheme. The Orange County Register is the latest in a long line of newspapers to reject the plan, taking issue with the proposal’s lack of a secret ballot to protect workers’ privacy and its impact on a weak economy. 

“This proposal deserves to fail. A secret-ballot election is the best way to minimize intimidation from either union or management. Eliminating it would open the door to possible abuses – and possibly lead to increased costs for businesses already struggling with the recession.”

Editorial, “Checking Out on Card Check,” Orange County Register, 06.05.09 

Some 2.5 million jobs have been lost since the beginning of the year, and the White House doesn’t expect things to get better anytime soon.

An economic analysis released in March predicted that the U.S. economy could lose 600,000 jobs in the first year alone if card check became law.

Just imagine how high today’s 9.4 percent unemployment rate might go if card check becomes law.

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