According to the Washington Times, 'card check' or the Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in both houses of Congress today. The article states:
"Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, and Rep. George Miller, California Democrat, unveiled the legislation by tying union organizing to the recession, saying card check is necessary to ensure that an economic recovery is "fair." "
Card check takes away the secret ballot in voting to unionize a company and has another provision that also requires arbitration if a newly unionized company cannot reach a new contract with its workers within ninety days.
The secret ballot is an integral part of elections in this country and should not be done away with. The required arbitration will put many small companies out of business and allow the government to intervene in the business community to an extent that we have never seen. Both these aspects of this bill will further increase unemployment and do nothing to help the current recession.
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