Simple Man Politics

Sorry I wasn't here yesterday but life gets a little busier than you expect it to sometimes. However I'm here now and I got a good topic to write about today. Today I am going to discuss the Employee Free Choice Act. This bill that is currently before congress involves the Americans right to vote whether or not to join a labor union which is a right I totally support but here is the rub.

I think The Employee Free Choice Act does not support the free choice of employees when it comes to voting for a union in their work place and here's why. Under the new law a union would be required to obtain 51 percent of employees signatures on a card in any given workplace and only signed cards are considered a yes for union control and organization of the company's labor force and an unsigned card just means not yet. This means that the union can continue to return until they get the 51 percent at which point they automatically assume representation of said work force. The rub is that these cards must be signed with every one's knowledge of the identity of the signer so pressure can be unfairly applied to those who don't sign to join. Basically it is a strong arm tactic which unions are good at anyway.

Under the old law the only way a union could enter and represent a labor force within any corporation was by secret ballot vote. The reason for this is so that each individual can vote his or hers own conscience without fear of harassment, retribution, and in some cases violence against them which are more tactics that unions are very good at applying against their opposition.

Every major Democrat Presidential hopeful in this years race to their party's nomination supports this bill. John Edwards even co sponsored the bill during his time in the senate and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama voted for it. The reason for their support of the bill is obvious it is because these Democrat politicians receive major endorsements and campaign contributions from the big unions and they know that the more people the union represents the more money they can hope to receive as contributions from these unions. That is something about unions I do have a problem with which, is the idea that if I were a member of a union my dues could go to support a candidate I don't believe in without my consent but that is a post for another time.

According to some bi partisan organizations who have looked into the Employee Free Choice Act they have discovered that this bill would actually disenfranchise more than 105 million workers which amounts to more than 2/3 or 68 percent of the American workforce. these people would automatically lose their right to a private vote on union membership if the bill is passed into law.

Since we vote for our Presidents, senators, and Congressmen by secret ballot i think we should vote for union representation in the same way. As a result of my feelings about this and most of the people I have spoken with I feel that congress should vote against this bill which would be disastrous for peoples rights such as free speech, voter rights, and the pursuit of ones own happiness. for the record I am a former member of the Teamsters local 560 and if you want to read an interesting story about a union research that one.

I hope you all have a great day CIAO4NOW!!!!!