Unions say the proposed Card Check program ends management intimidation and right-to-work advocates say Card Check sets up union intimidation and takes away the democratic right to secret ballot.
From a February 2007 Pittsburgh Post Gazette story:
The bill is a top priority for unions that make up the base of the Democratic Party, which in November won control of both houses of Congress for the first time in a dozen years.
Supporters argue that allowing unions to form by so-called "card checks," rather than formal National Labor Relations Board elections, is a matter of fairness, allowing unions to lobby for membership without intimidation from management.
Opponents of the bill charge that the card check process opens workers up to intimidation from a different source.
"I find it unconscionable that the Democratic majority would have as one of their first actions to take away the right to a secret ballot election," said Greg Mourad, director of legislation for the National Right to Work Foundation, which argues against "compulsory unionism" for workers.
H/T IR reader Jameson Campaigne
