Mitt Romney: Card Check Cautionary Tale
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 by AdminIn this morning’s Washington Times, former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney wrote an article expressing deep concern over card check. In particular, he notes:
By tilting the playing field in favor of unions, card check not only robs workers of a secret ballot, it deprives management of the right to express its point of view. It will dramatically change the workplace as we know it, just as it’s beginning to do for charter schools in Massachusetts. Small businesses will have to hire labor lawyers and follow burdensome new rules. If the parties can’t agree on a contract, mandatory arbitration follows and employers that don’t yield to union demands will have contracts foisted on them.
All of this will raise costs, leading to more unemployment. The Labor Department reported that unemployment in February rose to 8.1 percent as American employers cut another 651,000 jobs. Unions are supposed to serve the interests of working people, yet in this case more power for the unions would help destroy many thousands of jobs throughout the economy.
Tags: Jobs, Mitt Romney, Protecting Secret Ballots
