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Virtually all Democrats in Congress are backing the legislation
Posted by Raven on June 20th, 2007
Wonder of wonders:
WASHINGTON, June 19 — Senate Democratic leaders moved Tuesday to force a vote on organized labor’s top legislative priority, a bill that would make it far easier to organize workers. But Republican leaders vowed to kill the measure, voicing confidence that they could defeat a motion cutting off debate and bringing it to a vote this week.
The bill, already approved by the House but facing the threat of a veto by the Bush administration, would give employees at a workplace the right to unionize as soon as a majority signed cards saying they wanted to do so. Under current law, an employer can insist on a secret-ballot election, even after a majority sign.
Union leaders see enactment of the bill as the single most important step toward reversing labor’s long-term loss of membership and might. Virtually all Democrats in Congress are backing the legislation, partly because they recognize that a stronger labor movement, providing campaign contributions and volunteers, could translate into a stronger Democratic Party.
We all know that Democrats stand up for the working peons of this country; those poor blokes who are abused and exploited and who don’t get a fair deal at the companies they chose to work for. Democrats want to make sure we’re not subjected to sweat shop conditions and low wages and horrible benefit packages at those places we chose to call our place of employment. Nope…Democrats want what’s best for all working people.
(Raven wakes up from her deep stupor)
OK so I can dream for a bit.
Captain Ed explains the real reason Democrats are so behind this bill:
So why do Democrats want to force workers into a position where they can be easily intimidated? Perhaps this information explains it best:
Senator……..Total Labor Contributions…….Total Labor Contributions 2007
Landrieu…………$919,300.00……………………….$46,000.00
Pryor…………….$436,000.00……………………….$50,500.00
Baucus……….$1,062,402.00……………………….$30,500.00
Harkin…………$1,680,086.00……………………….$36,500.00
Biden…………….$479,677.00…………………………$5,000.00
Durbin……………$882,225.00……………………….$63,500.00
Kerry………………$51,556.00……………………….$42,000.00
Lautenberg…..$1,253,764.00……………………….$33,500.00
Levin…………..$1,257,276.00……………………….$51,500.00
Reed……………..$718,900.00………………………$44,100.00
Rockefeller……..$983,728.00……………………….$55,000.00It looks like the unions have paid at least a half-million to these Senators to get this legislation passed. It’s a small investment, considering the payoff they’ll get from all the dues they expect to collect from workers intimidated into paying them.
Surprise surprise. For Democrats its about the money THEY get and nothing else. We should not forget this. And we should not allow union bullies to force a card check non election upon any American worker. I do believe this is the first time the Democrats have decided a vote isn’t worth a thing. Ironically the Senate gets to vote on a measure that would remove OUR right to vote on a measure.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:56 am
Can you explain to me why a union vote has to public and not private like our own elections?