I haven't decided if I'm in favor of the card check law or not but you are totally wrong here.
Just because a union exists at a workplace does not necessarily mean that you have to join it. In some instances, called Open Shops, people can join a union or not. In what they call an Agency Shop all employees have to pay dues but do not have to join the union. In a Closed Shop (or Union Shop), employees must join the union after becoming employed there. Which type of shop it is depends on the state, the union and the negotiated bargaining agreement. The EFCA bill does not change any of that (as far as I am aware). It deals primarily with methods for forming a union. Under current labor law there are two methods, a ballot and a majority card signing. The EFCA bill does not change that. Instead it changes who gets to decide which method to use. Currently, the employer gets to decide which method to use. The EFCA bill would change that to allow the employees to decide which method to use. I think there are some decent arguments on both sides but I dislike the rampant mischaracterization of the bill. The basic facts of the bill are not in dispute, they are just being ignored in a partisan fight. You may dislike the prospect of easier unionization and I have some qualms as well. But this bill does not force people to join a union if they wouldn't be before, it does not take away their "right" to a secret ballot or any crap like that. Lets keep the debate to things which are actually debateable, like whether an easier path to a workplace union is a good idea or not. Judah On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, card check violates the rights of individual workers who may not wish to > join the union. I am protecting the little guy, remember? > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Gruss Gwrote: > >> >> (3.) According to Robert, if unions want more options to organize it >> violates their Constitutional right >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292901 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
