Posted on 09/09/2009 9:56:38 AM PDT by jazusamo
While the Obama administration and its Democratic allies in Congress press to allow private-sector workers to unionize by signing authorization cards instead of voting by secret ballot, the government's legal-aid program for the poor has declared the so-called "card check" strategy "unreliable" and rejected an effort by some of its own workers to organize that way.
The Legal Services Corp., a congressionally chartered, taxpayer-funded entity, even hired a law firm to rebuff the efforts of workers in its oversight offices to gain union representation by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), forcing the workers to conduct a vote by secret ballot later this week.
The LSC's decision has prompted concerns on Capitol Hill that the government may be trying to impose a solution on private businesses that its own agencies and panels are reluctant to follow.
Calling himself a longtime supporter of the LSC and its mission, Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, in a letter last week obtained by The Washington Times, said it was "troubling to learn that LSC is now using hard-fought-for taxpayer funds to retain a law firm and engage in a campaign to potentially frustrate employees' desire to exercise their right to join a union."
"I hope in the spirit of President Obama's directive and consistent with the principles of the corporation committed to protecting the rights of all Americans, LSC will do all it can to ensure those workers who wish to exercise their right to join a union and have an opportunity to do so," Mr. Harkin added.
Card check is a key provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill intended to make it easier for workers to unionize.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Some Democrats still have a little common sense. Bring in the Union, destroy productivity.
They don’t work for you anymore. The workers exist to support the union.
It's down the hall to the left>>>>>>>>>>>
You’re one fast reader, skuul.
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