Archive for April, 2009

Quick Hits on EFCA

“Specter’s Change-Up Won’t Change Much”

So say Forbes writers. One thing that won’t change: there can be no compromise on card check or binding arbitration.

U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall Explains EFCA Stance

This is a reprinted constituent letter from U.S. Rep. Jim Marhsall, who voted for the Employee Free Choice Act last Congress.

Now that we have a Democratic President, I have argued that legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act should be put on hold to give the new administration an opportunity to address the election period intimidation problem by beefing up the NLRB and ridding it of its politically driven bias toward non-enforcement.

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When All Else Fails, Try Sacrelig?

There’s plenty of big news today about the Employee Free Choice Act, but we wanted to make sure you were aware of the latest gambit by organized labor to pass its card check bill — religious pandering without religious knowledge. Hot Air reports on a hand-out at pro-EFCA rallies that suggests God is on the side of killing secret ballots the bill:

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Specter of EFCA Raises Its Head

Followers of Beltway politics were shaken by today’s news that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter will switch parties for his upcoming re-election campaign. He says his position on the Employee Free Choice Act will not change. However, many are concerned about what this means for the future of EFCA.

Employee Free Choice Act: Opposition Springs Eternal

As we’ve moved from the winter of labor’s discontent into Spring, the outlook for the Employee Free Choice Act’s passage has become less bouncy. The more the public learns of the bill, the less moderate politicians support it. They can do the math: effectively stealing secret ballots, imposing government-mandated arbitrators, and killing hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of jobs does not add up to good governance.

More evidence today that the public is not happy. Pennsylvanians protested EFCA this weekend, where Mitt Romney said: “I think it would have a devastating impact on the nature of business creation in this country … I think you