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Virginia Employers Blitz Capitol Hill to Express Opposition to Card Check3.3.2010
A delegation of twenty small business owners and local chamber executives, led by the Virginia Chamber, traveled to Capitol Hill on March 2 to urge Congress not to advance any version of the so-called “Employee Free Choice Act” or Card Check bill in 2010. The group joined roughly 250 participants for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s fourth Workforce Freedom Airlift to express their opposition to the bill or any related “compromise” variations because of the threat to job creation and economic recovery.
The controversial Card Check bill would effectively strip workers of a private vote in union organizing elections, allow federally-appointed arbitrators to impose wages and working conditions through binding arbitration, and impose one-sided penalties on employers. Certain “compromise” proposals floated by some members of Congress would essentially achieve the same results by instituting quick-snap elections to form unions and last-best-offer arbitration in contract negotiations.
Though the bill has struggled in the U.S. Senate, organized labor may press for a “head count” vote to get members on record ahead of this fall. A similar vote occurred in 2007 and passed the U.S. House before ultimately failing in the Senate.
During the event, the Virginia delegation met with Senators Warner and Webb to voice their opposition to the Card Check bill.
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