Posted on 08/28/2009 6:23:58 AM PDT by snarkpup
Congress will likely deal unions a disappointment on labor law reform this year. Prospects are dimming for a vote in the Senate on legislation that would allow labor groups to organize via card signing campaign instead of a vote. The House of Representatives has not yet approved the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) but is expected to do so this session. The holdup is in the Senate. Although talks to craft a compromise, led by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), continue behind the scenes, more-urgent legislation is threatening to push consideration of any compromise into next year. Health care reform is now expected to consume a good part of the fall, along with cap and trade legislation, financial services reform and spending bills. Progress is also hindered by the recent death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and the continued absence of his pro-labor ally, Robert Byrd (D-WV), who is in ill health.
(Excerpt) Read more at kiplinger.com ...
The bills may either be postponed or may reappear in somewhat defanged form.
The Union Thug Kneecapping Act of 2009
It almost seems as if these “business” publications are anti-business huh?
Any “compromise” will just be a trick by the Democrats to pass it under a new name
So much Freedom to destroy ... So little time ...
The Union Thug Kneecapping Act of 2009
Might be 2010.
I am sure that Arlen Specter is going to flip-flop back into their camp in order to ward off Joe Sestak in the primary
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