The effort to unionize Mississippi by proxy (all states affected)

Y'all Politics ^ | Oct 10, 2008 | Alan Lang

[Islander7]

While the whole country is focused on the meltdown of the financial markets and the looming Presidential election, Congress is up to no good. Right now, under consideration on Capitol Hill is a union-supported “card check” bill (the Employee Free Choice Act, or EFCA for short) which would strip the American working man and woman of a number of their cherished rights and make it harder for companies to do business.

You see, the whole point of this bill is to help unions recover some of the power and prestige they once had, but have in large part lost as more and more workers—who already have good relationships with managers and fair pay and benefits—have chosen not to join unions. While of course there are some legitimately bad places to work that could benefit from reform, the vast majority of the workplaces I’ve seen—and I’ve seen a lot—are decent places to work run by small businesspeople who care about the well being of their employees. The other insidious thing about unionizing is that it promotes mediocrity and stifles individual advancement and creativity. By "collectively bargaining", people who are willing to work harder or smarter are eternally penalized by being stuck in the same boat with people who may not share those sensibilities.

First and foremost, this card check legislation would make it so that American workers lose their right to a secret ballot vote in union-organizing elections. The bill proposes that union officials be allowed to approach potential union members to ask them to vote “yes” or “no” on whether to form a union by checking a vote card right on the spot: any time, any place, and regardless of who is around—coworkers, management, friends, family, etc.

[Islander7]

In most places these days, unions are simply unnecessary; to try and force them on workers by stripping them of their rights is bad enough—to do so with full knowledge of how this could negatively affect the economy during the worst economic downturn of our times is near criminal.

George McGovern - If he doesn't like, it has to be very bad indeed.

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[Jeff Chandler]

I held a unionization vote at my business, but Mrs. Chandler and I both voted “no”.

[purplelobster]

It is a revealing commentary on the times, when Congress is arrogant enough to try to force through an undemocratic scheme to bully people into joining unions. I saw the George McGovern commercial this morning in which he condemns this bill. Hard to believe that George is taking the high road on this issue.

[St. Louis Conservative]

Aside from the damage to our economy, the card check bill would be disastrous on many other levels. If this thing passes, we will see a surge of unionization, and that means hundreds of millions of union dues flowing into Democrat campaigns and left-wing 527s, along with armies of campaign volunteers and thugs. I worry very deeply that the GOP will lose so badly in the senate that they will not be able to stop this thing.

[Islander7]

I hope you read the whole article at the link.

This is FORCED socialism!

If this thing passes, the Obamabots are gonna go nuts screaming, “Why didn’t somebody tell us!...”

[coalman]

well its all part of what I call-the great left-wing conspiracy,a far reaching and destructive plan to assimilate us into a socialist banana republic.

[OneWingedShark]

Does that make us monkies?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

This is FORCED socialism!
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That is their “end game” my FRiend!!!

A “Mo’Muny/Power Grab” IMHO...:0/