Odd Comments From Leading Employee Free Choice Act Advocate
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 by adminAndy Stern is head of the Service Employees International Union and, as such, one of the top voices (and funders) pushing the anti-democratic, job-killing bill known euphemistically as the Employee Free Choice Act. During a sitdown with the Los Angeles Times editorial board, he had some puzzling statements:
- “I think everybody now agrees that there needs to be binding arbitration; not everyone, I’d say there’s an overwhelming majority that agrees there needs to be binding arbitration.”
- “I think no matter what we do we’re going to maintain secret ballot, because I think there’s always going to be an election process”
Those are remarkable statements. The first seems way off base to us. We know of almost no one — outside of organized labor — who thinks it’s a good idea to inject big government bureaucrats into small-business decisions through binding arbitration.
The second is a shocking admission that the secret ballot issue is not one that can really be won by unions. Unfortunately, that does not necessarily herald a victory for employee advocates. Big Labor still hopes to rush through “quickie elections” that deny employees time to get both sides of the story and making an informed choice.
It’s important EFCA opponents keep working to block “son of EFCA” compromises that still harm employees, employers, and our economy.
Tags: Andy Stern, Compromise
