Card Check King’s Answers “Not Good Enough”

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 by Admin

Yesterday, SEIU attorney Craig Becker went before a Senate hearing aimed at investigating his radical anti-employer, anti-employee-rights views. (Here’s his prepared statement; informed observers may chuckle at his description of the hallowed National Labor Relations Board since his employer spent years attacking it and continues to skirt it religiously.)

The concerns of many are captured by the Wall Street Journal:

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R., Ga.) expressed concern that Becker’s writings “have indicated a belief that the NLRB has the power to make some of the dramatic changes in the card-check bill.” The so-called card-check legislation, supported by Obama and Democrats in Congress, would allow unions to bypass secret-ballot elections and instead organize in workplaces by collecting signed cards from workers.

Sen. John McCain has been leading the fight against letting Becker scoot into the NLRB seat without a hearing on his troubling views. McCain asked Becker about whether he would recuse himself from all cases before the board involving SEIU. The recap from The Hill:

Becker replied,

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One Response to “Card Check King’s Answers “Not Good Enough””

  1. February 3rd, 2010 at 5:00 pm

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