The Problems With Card Check Compromise
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 by adminBrian Worth of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace argues in the Washington Post that potential compromise points on the Employee Free Choice Act:
Union leaders know that they do not have the votes necessary to overcome principled bipartisan opposition to this legislation in the Senate. That is why EFCA supporters have shifted their energy to passing “compromise” legislation consistent with the original bill’s “principles.”
Compromise in the form of mail-in ballots (which is essentially card check with a stamp, a.k.a. “postcard check”), allowing union organizers unfettered access to employees in the workplace and mandating what amounts to quickie elections are proposals that purport to expedite the organizing process but, in reality, would sacrifice the rights of employees for the wants of professional union organizers, just as EFCA would.
Tags: Brian Worth, Compromise, State of Play
