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May 5, 2009
EFCA WITHOUT CARD CHECK?.... In recent weeks, the prospects for passing the Employee Free Choice Act have faded considerably. The measure enjoys the support of a Senate majority, but to overcome a filibuster, proponents have looked for 60 votes and come up short. Arlen Specter's decision to oppose the measure, despite having supported it in the past, likely sealed EFCA's fate. But there's renewed hope that something similar to EFCA might still have a shot, and a renewed push for a compromise measure is generating some attention in the Senate.
What would an EFCA-like bill look like without card check? As regular readers know, in the January issue of the Washington Monthly, T.A. Frank sketched out how and why this could work. —Steve Benen 7:30 AM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (9)Comments
As I understand current labor law, workers can de-certify a union using card check. Eliminate that provision, and require mandatory jail time for repeated violations of workers rights to organize, and "card check" becomes mostly unnecessary.
Yes. The only way this could be a compromise and not a capitulation is for the employer sanctions to really be toughened up. But I'm not terribly optimistic. Posted by: Steve LaBonne on May 5, 2009 at 8:28 AM | PERMALINKSpecter: "I never said I would be a loyal Democrat". Period. If that isn't enough for one friggin democrat to vote against that dork in the upcoming senate election, I don't know what else they would need. Let's have a primary battle and place the democrat (other than Specter) into the race. let Specter run as an Independant and let the cards land where they may. Unlike Conneticuit, I don't think Specter can win in a Three way race. Not if Ridge runs too. Nope. I can see Specter ruining it for the GOP by taking enough votes away from Ridge to allow the Democrat (whomever that is) to win. I'd play and replay that video footage of Specter telling anyone who was listening that he never said he'd be a loyal Democrat. I'd run it ad nauseam. Then I'd run it some more... Posted by: stevio on May 5, 2009 at 8:35 AM | PERMALINKI'm still waiting for Sestak to decide, and I'll definitely be voting for him in the primary if he does run. I haven't heard anything about his meeting with the one union, was it SEIU? And here's why Frank is wrong: In Washington, the rhetoric over EFCA has centered on one specific element of the legislation called "card check." Emphasis mine. This is like proposing that Republicans will support Obama if he just wears a flag pin. "Card check" is the center of anti-EFCA rhetoric because it's the easiest point to oppose from a PR perspective, not because it's the part anti-union forces are most opposed to. We went through decades of Democrats trying the losing strategy of "if we just take out the part they're screaming about, we can all agree, right?," but apparently some people still want to have another go at kicking the football. Those who do are misunderstanding the difference between a negotiating point and a wedge issue. Posted by: Redshift on May 5, 2009 at 10:22 AM | PERMALINKThe Washington Monthly article linked at the end of the piece is a great read. I feel much better informed after reading it. Seven-eights of a loaf is better than no loaf. Posted by: Okie on May 5, 2009 at 12:30 PM | PERMALINKIf Sestak wants to run against Specter then supporting EFCA would be an amazing way to start that campaign. Perhaps a compromise doing away with card check to either approve or disband a union would help. Posted by: MarkH on May 5, 2009 at 5:12 PM | PERMALINKUnions are yesterday. We are competing with world labor. Like, reality, libs? Posted by: Luther on May 5, 2009 at 10:23 PM | PERMALINK
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