{"id":1184,"date":"2009-09-16T05:09:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T05:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2009-09-16T05:09:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T05:09:14","slug":"card_check_under_the_radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"“Card Check” Under The Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"

While healthcare has taken center stage, according to The Hill<\/a> yesterday, card check is quietly being moved to the point where it will be voted on this year.  The unions heavily supported Barack Obama during his run for the presidency.  It was believed that his administration would make the workplace more friendly for unions and increase union membership.  In an article published on January 28 of this year, The New York Times<\/a> noted that union membership has increased from 12.1 percent of workers in 2007 to 12.4 percent of workers in 2008.  Union membership reached its peak in 1983; it was at 20.1 percent.  It is also interesting to note that 36.8 percent of government employees belong to unions, while only 7.6 percent of private industry employees are unionized.<\/p>\n

According to the article in The Hill, Arlen Spector, who now supports card check has stated:<\/p>\n

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“Specter cited three principles pushed by unions for labor law reform that he agrees with: no delays in union certification, tough penalties for labor law violations and binding arbitration for management and workers to reach union contracts more quickly.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The article further states:<\/p>\n

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“”What matters is not whether the AFL-CIO has cut a new backroom deal on the bill; it is whether it can be sold to Senate moderates who are worried about saving jobs, especially their own,” said Steven Law, chief legal officer and general counsel at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which opposes the bill.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Card check is not generally a popular idea with the American public.  Americans can be an independent bunch, and they don’t like being forced into a union any more than they like being denied the right to join one.  We tend to insist on making our own choices.<\/p>\n

This is one of a few bills Congress is thinking about that would do serious harm to the American economy.  The passage of this bill will eventually be determined by how many Congressman believe they can support it and still be elected in the next election cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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