Toxic Card Check Flipped for “Majority Signup”
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 by adminHey, wasn’t the world recently told that the “card check” provision of the Employee Free Choice Act — noted as “toxic” by Sen. Harry Reid — effectively dead? No one told SEIU, the biggest union pushing to avoid elections. Hey, they “don’t do elections,” you’ll remember.
But over at SEIU’s website, they’re bragging that they’ve collected 17,000 signatures for “majority signup” — the newest euphemism for card check. What gives?
Well, SEIU doesn’t think it can win enough fair elections so it seeks to avoid the process entirely. You can watch this businessman’s story for some good details:
Whatever you call it, “card check” or “majority signup” is bad news for employees.
And, we gotta say, 17,000 (right now) is a looooooong way from a majority.
Tags: Protecting Secret Ballots, SEIU
