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Workers’ choice? it is only a slogan
I’m developing higher level of sympathy to George McGovern. I really appreciate his intellectual honesty as it is demonstrated in this op-ed:
That is why I am concerned about a new development that could deny this freedom to many Americans. As a longtime friend of labor unions, I must raise my voice against pending legislation I see as a disturbing and undemocratic overreach not in the interest of either management or labor.
The legislation is called the Employee Free Choice Act, and I am sad to say it runs counter to ideals that were once at the core of the labor movement. Instead of providing a voice for the unheard, EFCA risks silencing those who would speak.
Words have meaning, and calling a law that will limit the choices of workers - because it will outlaw secret ballots - is not really the Employ Free Choice Act. It might give more power to workers unions, and the unions bosses, but this is hardly giving more choice to workers. One should wonder what are the real interests, and why are they being covered by misleading names, of such Orwellian attempts.