Pro-Union Columnist Is Very Much Against Card Check
Monday, April 20th, 2009 by AdminAnother good reminder: pro-union people can be very anti-Employee Free Choice Act. Consider this column from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette’s Ruth Ann Dailey:
I remain proud of the union to which I belonged. I have no doubt that it’s had a positive impact on the quality of the Post-Gazette’s products — and on the salaries and benefits its members enjoy. To protect quality and standards of living in an industry that’s in crisis, our Guild works with management in a way I consider noble and far-sighted.
Unreasonable, dishonest and cowardly people can be found in management and labor alike. Any democratic movement worthy of its name should seek to protect the individual from their power.
The “Employee Free Choice Act” will surface again — with the “card check” portion revised or eliminated. But once it survives a Republican filibuster attempt and moves on through the Senate, the utterly undemocratic card check provision can be restored and made the law of the land.
Mr. Specter should be encouraged to continue protecting the rights of the employee — something unions used to stand for.
