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Senate Democrats pull back on Specter's card-check prediction

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Posted by Fred 2009-09-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Employee Free Choice Act

A fine name and a most excellent example of Newspeak. Calling it the Piss On The Secret Ballot Act, while descriptively correct, would simply give the game away. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery.

Posted by SteveS 2009-09-18 03:15|| 2009-09-18 03:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Some workers at Boeing just voted to de-certify their union.

I don't know the details of why they did that, but I love the irony: you can form a union with a simple card-check but to disband a union you have to have a vote.

Posted by Steve White 2009-09-18 08:02|| 2009-09-18 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Steve, I think that workers have to vote to form or to disband a union. Right now the vote is secret. The "EFCA" would replace that with an open vote - so that the union thugs would know who should have an unfortunate accident for voting wrongly.
It would probably apply to votes for disbanding a union as well - unless the bill outlaws disbanding.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-09-18 18:26|| 2009-09-18 18:26|| Front Page Top

#4 I wouldn't doubt that it applies to disbanding - as well as allowing several 'revotes' (to allow the Thugs to convince people to vote the right way).

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-09-18 18:50|| 2009-09-18 18:50|| Front Page Top

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