North Carolina: Workers, Prepare To Be Carded
According to the Lincoln Tribune:
RALEIGH – The proposed Employee Free Choice Act would deprive millions of American workers of their freedom of choice – proving, in case anyone ever doubted it, that there is no truth-in-labeling rule in politics.
The federal legislation, pushed heavily by labor unions in Washington and the states, has been making waves in North Carolina politics, with state and federal lawmakers choosing up sides, mostly along predicable lines (Democrats in favor, Republicans opposed). Out-of-state unions are starting to play a major role in funding some state campaigns, again mostly of Democrats, and cite the Employee Free Choice Act as one of their top priorities.
The bill would among other things institute a system for union organizing that is innocuously referred to as “card check.” Rather than holding workplace elections by secret ballot, as is the current law, card check would require union organizers simply to collect enough signed cards to establish union representation in a given workplace.
In the political debate about card check, you often hear a lot of chatter about the plight of the working class and the impact of globalization. But the underlying motivation isn’t hard to grasp. The unions want to change the rules of American labor law because they know they can’t organize very many workplaces under the current law. Union membership in the private sector has been declining for decades. To union leaders, the trend proves that the rules must be rewritten.
If you have young children or have spent much time around them at the playground, you’ve seen this behavior before. While they’re playing a given game, everything’s fine. But then a child loses, gets disappointed, and turns sullen. “That’s not fair!” he’ll scream out petulantly. You can explain that fair rules are meant to ensure that everyone gets a chance, not to ensure a particular result, but you’ll likely be wasting your time. Most kids just outgrow the phase.
Unless they go to work for a labor union....click to continue.
