As I reported in an earlier blog entry the card check bill that President Obama pledged to support during his campaign is going to impact all businesses. Below is an article from the Washingon Post.
Below the editorial is an additonal update on the status from the State Chamber of Commerce.
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EDITORIAL: 'Yes, they do want to unionize your gas station
(Washington Times) -- In a Feb. 12 editorial, U.S. Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Cal.), the ranking minority member on the House Education and Labor Committee, writes that organized labor's top priority — replacing secret ballots with "card-checks" — would have "dire consequences" on America's small businesses. "Workers will lose their right to be heard, both on the question of whether to unionize and on the details of their first contract," McKeon writes. "Businesses will be unable to communicate with their own employees about what's best for their shared future."
He writes that some entrepreneurs and observers wrongly believe that firms with fewer than 100 employees are already or soon will be exempt -- and won't be affected by the "Card Check" bill. "Under current law, card check could indeed be applied to the corner grocery store-and probably will," McKeon write. "The local deli with a few high-school students washing dishes and working the cash register after school? They're a target too."
Small businesses are an obvious target for union organizing, he says. "Small businesses are the largest source of new jobs in this country. With nearly 600,000 workers being hit with pink slips last month, crippling the small-business community with card check might just be the worst thing we could possibly do for job creation and retention. But that is exactly what Congress is poised to do."
'Nebraska labor union chief denounces ‘lies’ in labor law dispute'
(Lincoln Journal Star) -- The biggest fight in years between labor and business interests is engaged. The Nebraska AFL-CIO has started a campaign against what its president calls “downright lies” presented on television ads and in other media by business interests opposing a proposed law that could make it easier for a union to organize a workplace.
Most business groups, including the Lincoln and Omaha Chambers of Commerce, have signed on to fight against the Employee Free Choice Act. They characterize the bill as a dangerous retreat from the traditional secret-ballot election to decide whether a union will represent employees for collective bargaining at a workplace.
Ken Mass, president of the Nebraska AFL-CIO, and other local labor representatives gathered Wednesday to promote what they called the advantages of union labor to the economy.
Last week, almost 200 state and local chambers of commerce from all 22 right-to-work states, including the Nebraska, Lincoln and Omaha chambers, sent letters to Congress opposing the legislation they call “Card Check.” Right-to-work states such as Nebraska make it illegal to require union membership or union dues payment in a union-represented workplace. “Given these difficult times, it is more critical than ever that businesses have the flexibility necessary to meet the needs of a challenging economy if we are to create an environment in which businesses can grow and create jobs,” the letter states. Card Check “is inconsistent with this critical goal.”
