The Devil, Keyser Soze, and Card Check
Monday, July 20th, 2009 by Admin“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” It’s a scheme that worked for the devil, for the speaker of this quote in The Usual Suspects, and the increasingly-toxic card check provision of the Employee Free Choice Act.
First it was the canard that EFCA didn’t eliminate secret ballots. It is just a plain fact: once union organizers collect more than 50 percent of union cards — even if employees were uninformed, under-informed, misinformed, or “nudged” as they signed — the National Labor Relations Board cannot direct an election. It’s a myth that has been busted again and again, but like all great lies it continues on among the darkest corners of the Internet (and a few of our own lesser-hinged commenters).
But now it seems that rumors of card check’s death have been greatly exaggerated for a specific purpose (or several). Our friends at Shopfloor.org have been tracking the mysteriously timed pronouncement of card check’s death, even while Beltway insiders say it’s not so. So herein the latest analysis from Shopfloor:
The flogging of the
Tags: Binding Arbitration, Compromise, Protecting Secret Ballots
July 21st, 2009 at 2:28 am
The Devil, Keyser Soze, and Card Check - THE UNION LABEL says:[...] Here is an amusing entry from the folks at TheTruthAboutTheEFCA.com. [...]
July 21st, 2009 at 10:56 am
Gary says:The connection to Keyser Soze is apt. The EFCA is like the Hydra–too many damn heads to chop off. If even one remains and gets into law, our economy is ruined forever.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 am
Card Check: The War Of Words (Or Names) | thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check says:[...] we recently weighed in with a reference to The Usual Suspects, adding our two cents to musings by our friends at [...]