Big Labor – Big Hurry
Fast Tracking Card Check Bill
The inaptly but officially labeled “Employee Free Choice Act” (H.R. 800) was introduced in the 110th Congress by Rep. George Miller (CA-7) on February 5, 2007.
House Democrats, fearing growing opposition to the bill, have scheduled a vote on the measure the week of February 26. The bill, more accurately named “Card Check Forced-Unionism Bill,” will grant union officials expansive new tools to force workers to pay union dues as a condition of getting or keeping a job.
The fact that the legislation already has majority support in the House makes the outcome pre-determined, but we have always said the Senate is the real battlefield.
Agricultural workers contend that United Farm Workers’ “card check” unionization method leads to false claims of majority union support, intimidation, and constitutional violations
Farmworkers fight UFW union argument that New York labor law lets union bosses trap workers forever
UFW union-backed law sweeps workers into union via coercive ‘card check’ scheme and imposes forced dues in violation of First Amendment