Card Check: It Stinks
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by adminRichard Greeley, a legislator from Massachusetts, says card check doesn’t pass the smell test:
Here’s the point: The right for a private citizen to vote with a secret ballot, be it for a candidate for public office or whether or not to unionize, is the one thing that mitigates the physical and emotional intimidation tactics used by groups who wish to coerce the individual into voting how he doesn’t want to vote.
The unions can pester, harass and harangue the employees, often following and calling them at home, until they get them to sign the card. Fifty-one percent of the employees signatures gets the union in.
Once this “democratic” process has played out and the union is in place, both sides would have 120 days to reach an agreement. If no agreement is reached, the government steps in as binding arbitrator. The great and powerful wizards of Washington will then decide all the terms of a two-year agreement with no vote from the company, or its employees. Harsh financial penalties for mistakes made during the union certification process will only be levied to the employers, of course. We’ve heard this before. “I’m with the government, and I’m here to help.”
