Employee Free Choice Act would make American workers too big to fail

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



Byron Williams
Columnist, pastor of the Resurrection Community Church Oakland, CA
Posted March 12, 2009 | 12:21 PM (EST)

Employee Free Choice Act would make American workers too big to fail


In these unpredictable economic times, it is common to hear the bipartisan mantra that some corporations or industries are "too big to fail." Seldom do we hear these words about the American worker.

In the failure to include the American worker into this premium category, are we are doing ourselves a disservice?

To this end, there are several pieces of legislation introduced this week in Congress, along with a bipartisan coalition of co-sponsors known as the "Employee Free Choice Act."

The bill is designed to enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers' freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union.

This is undoubtedly important labor legislation. I've received calls urging me to look at this bill from as far as Washington, D.C. as well as from local representatives in Oakland.

If passed, the Employee Free Choice Act would:

• Remove current obstacles to employees who want collective bargaining.

• Guarantee that workers who can choose collective bargaining are able to achieve a contract.

• Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/byron-williams/employee-free-choice-act_b_174309.html

[Radical Activist]

1. What a great subject line.

[billyoc]

2. Such a clever slogan!

:woohoo:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. But... but... that will make it impossible for business to make a profit! or something.

Every business will close up! Shut down! Move to another country!! EVERY BUSINESS!!! EVERY ONE!!!!!!!

Employees aren't smart enough to have that much power! Or something!

Osama bin Laden has won!!!!!!!!! Every American job going to a filthy cave dwelling raghead!! EVERY ONE!!!

Or something.

I'll wait for Rush to tell me the rest of the disaster story.