Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Brace yourselves: The latest on "card check"
The Corner's Peter Kirsanow reports on the latest Congressional inside baseball concerning the prospects for passage of the deceptively-named "Employee Free Choice Act." Sadly, it appears that Democrats really are going to push the legislation, which would effectively turn the management of American business over to the lawyers. The enactment of this law would do more to damage the great strength of the U.S. economy -- the flexibility of its companies -- than September 11 did, or another successful terrorist attack would do. It is that dumb.
8 Comments:
By 
smitty1e, at
Wed Jan 07, 10:06:00 PM:
>effectively turn the management of American business over to the lawyers
And this differs from TARP how, exactly?
"If you don't buy our products, we can either a) sue you outright for failure to play 'capitalism', or b) get a bailout, and have the IRS separate you from your money"
In the future, you will get a law degree, vice a high school diploma, simply to know how to survive.
By davod, at
Thu Jan 08, 01:12:00 AM:
another sign the economy will not recover, even when it recovers from the Democrat led finance fiasco.
By davod, at
Thu Jan 08, 01:13:00 AM:
Or should I say, not be allowed to recover.
By 
, at
Thu Jan 08, 07:29:00 AM:
There is plenty of other employment legislation that could turn the world over to the lawyers with which employers should be concerned, such as the Fair Pay and Equal Pay Acts that are sure to pass.
As for "card check", the locomotive has slowed down. My one employment lawyer source (at a well-connected firm) believes it's on a slower track than the legislation I mentioned above, precisely for the reasons that Kersanow mentions (the unions will push hard, because their best chance is now, before the 2010 mid-term elections). It could be that the unions "settle" for some form of binding arbitration and call it a day, but this bill is where the Republicans will draw the line, try to filibuster, and then make it a huge issue in 2010.
If EFCA passes, the lawyers will be the least of the problem. There isn't enough staffing at the NLRB, companies or law firms to help handle the problems that will surely arise. Whether or not one believes in the merits of this law (and I do not), why is it a good idea to pass any restrictive and burdensome piece of legislation in the worst recession since the Great Depression? That's what makes absolutely no sense.
The Centrist
By davod, at
Thu Jan 08, 08:27:00 AM:
I do not think lack of staff at the NLRB will be a problem with 600,000 new government jobs on the way.
By MEANA55, at
Thu Jan 08, 11:40:00 AM:
ACORN + SEIU + StimulusMakeWork + AmeriCorpsExpansion = federally funded canvass thug strike force
I suspect that this past November's was our last even ostensibly free election.
By El Rider, at
Thu Jan 08, 06:15:00 PM:
If the Democrats pass that thing it will be their Smoot-Hawley.
By Assistant Village Idiot, at
Sat Jan 10, 10:54:00 PM:
The effect will be to move jobs to other countries.
