Passing the EFCA would bring back guys like this – or Senator Thune would like you to think that.
Thune was at it again, spreading BS lies about labor Unions;
Thune said the bill “is a bad policy†while the current system has worked fairly well since it was put in place in the mid-1930s.
Because what Thune isn’t telling you is that before the 1930’s card check existed until business owners started crying to lawmakers about it. One of the main reasons to bring it back is because we have CEO’s making 400-500 times more then their average worker. I think that is ‘bad policy’.
“We’ve got a process that I think works, but it preserves the right to a secret ballot vote for workers in the workplace, which I think is very pro-worker,†he said. “I don’t view this as being anti-union. I think this is about protecting the rights of workers to cast a secret ballot when it comes to union elections.â€
Yeah, because if you can trust anybody’s word, it’s Ironic Johnny who says one thing in SD and another in DC.
An AFL-CIO Federation member was having no part of John’s bologna;
“He’s putting a fear in front of them, and it’s like red meat to some of these folks,†he said. “It’s just putting the red meat in front of them to make them more afraid of working people.â€
Nordstrom said the argument over the secret ballot misses the point of the legislation, and the fears of unions are simply unfounded and unfair in this part of the country.
“Like we’re going to come out and kneecap you or something like that? That’s not something that would happen with the morality of South Dakota,†said Nordstrom, an industrial waste technician with the City of Rapid City. “There’s more to the issue than what the senator’s putting out there.â€
Of course our pro-worker (ha-ha) governor is against the EFCA to. So predictable;
“It’s not acceptable, not good policy and not anything the federal government should have their nose into,†Rounds said.
But you are okay with taking stimulus money from them? Hypocrite.
Then there is this stupid argument;
Dan Michael of Action Mechanical said the legislation would only hurt the economy just when it needs all the help it can get.
How do you figure? If your employees make more money, they buy more. That’s called stimulating the economy.
Charles Hart, chief executive of Rapid City Regional Healthcare, said he was concerned the legislation would force government-imposed contracts that would hurt the healthcare system’s flexibility in tough economic times.
If you dumbasses would streamline your records system, which was suggested by Al Gore all the way back in 1999, you would save millions a year in healthcare costs.
As for pressuring Johnson, who supports the legislation, Thune said:
“There are people on the Democrat side that are looking at this and listening and might be persuaded.’
Good luck with that. Obama has vowed to sign the legislation if it makes to his desk. I expect it will happen very soon.