Employee Free Choice Act: Key Committee Now Misrepresent WSJ’s Opposition

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 by admin

Over at Shopfloor.org, they note that key legislative leaders pushing the Employee Free Choice Act are crowing — albeit falsely — that the Wall Street Journal editorial board has said EFCA would not strip workers of secret ballots. In a rather shocking show of rhetorical gall, EFCA’s proponents proved their assertion by taking only part of a sentence — the part that agreed with them — while leaving the rest, which correctly asserts that EFCA effectively strips the secret ballot.

Key take-away:

Still, opponents should take heart. If supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act feel compelled to fundamentally misrepresent thecase against it, they obviously lack confidence in their cause. EFCA-advocates know they’re losing, so the distortions and desperation mount.

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2 Responses to “Employee Free Choice Act: Key Committee Now Misrepresent WSJ’s Opposition”

  1. March 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Dave Dingee says:

    The misrepresentation, especially from the union front group EFCA Now, just gives great examples of the misrepresentation that takes place with card signing

  2. March 30th, 2009 at 6:54 am

    The Truth About EFCA Is Lacing Up Its Shoes | thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check says:

    [...] have mentioned before, and NAM’s Carter Wood has been documenting, a scandalous effort on the part of union [...]

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