Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace

Justin Hakes — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:05:36 -0500

"Troubling." "Notorious." "Deeply disturbing." You would have thought that the sky was falling.

However, no, this is how some members of Congress feel about employees' right to vote out an unwanted union after a coercive "card check" unionization drive, as evidenced by today's Joint Subcommittee hearing regarding the National Labor Relations Board.

Dominating the hearing was talk about the National Right Work Foundation's Dana/Metaldyne victory, which won this right for employees. NLRB Chairman Robert Battista made an analogy that the right for employees to vote out and unwanted union after a card check was a way for them to "speak now or forever hold their peace."

Too bad for America's workers, many times it is only union and company officials that say "I do" to card check/neutrality agreements, and they are left without a say.

Congressional Hearing

Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace