I find the exclusion of card check ironic and infu...

2009-08-08T19:22:05.668-07:00

I find the exclusion of card check ironic and infuriating. After all, card check was one of the central provisions of the National Labor Relations Act back in New Deal days. Every Republican administration since (including Republicans in Democrat's clothing, i.e. Bill Clinton) have gradually eroded the NLRB into relative insignificance.

Framing "card check" as something new and dangerous just makes clear how far we have come from halcyon days past.

In its original incarnation, the notion of union organization did not include any provisions for management obstruction. They already had the ability to do that simply by having a captive audience. There is nothing wrong with the concept that union organizers ought to have the same privilege of direct approach.

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I find the exclusion of card check ironic and infu...