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Individual liberty anywhere is a threat to the Progressive-Collectivist Cause everywhere.
Sometimes people can’t see the forest through the trees and, while pointing this out among allies during a war being waged by union bosses on the American workplace gives no great pleasure, a gentle prodding is necessary. Here it is: We need to move past the hyperbole of card check.(from laborunionreport at redstate.com)Once the new Congress is sworn in, card check will not happen legislatively for at least another two years, period. And, more importantly, there is a way to end the entire card-check argument once and for all by garnering support for and passage of the Secret Ballot Protection Act [let the union-bought Democrats oppose secret ballots openly and publicly]. In the meantime, there are more imperative issues to deal with that are undermining workers’ rights and jobs, while fattening union bosses’ wallets.
Card-check is bad and, if it ever does become law (which is not likely), it will destroy jobs—mostly in small and medium-sized companies. But, here's the scoop: Card-check has always been a red herring for union bosses to use, as it was only one component of the delusionally-dubbed Employee Free Choice Act.
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b: George Santayana (1863), Rudolf Diels (1900); d: Gabriel Narutowicz (1922)