At the first link below John Hinderaker has some thoughtful and accurate comments about the Barack Obama (pictured) backed Employee Free Choice Act.
Far from promoting employee free choice, this legislation would enable a union to be certified as the bargaining representative of employees merely by presenting to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cards executed by a majority of employees in the bargaining unit.
This would mean there would be no election and rather than a secret ballot, employees could be subjected to all manner of coercion to sign a card - right in front of Union thugs in some cases.
The Employee Free Choice Act actually will take away employee rights.
Abolishing elections deprives workers of a fundamental democratic right. Elections guarantee that all workers can express their views on whether they want to belong to a union.
Under card check, however, workers who have not been contacted by union organizers have no say in whether their workplace organizes. If organizers collect cards from a majority of workers, all workers must join the union without a vote!
Under the Employee Free Choice Act there could be punitive damages and penalties for employers (but not for unions).
Obama's low regard for free elections in this case can be attributed to his desire to appease organized labor and organized labor will not rest until all companies, except the very smallest, have been organized by a Labor Union. This is sure to happen with the help of Barack Obama.
Link here and here.
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