Will The Sun Come Out Tomorrow For Card Check?
Dec15Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya! tomorrow!
Annie? Yes. But those must be the thoughts of Big Labor, which continues to push its top domestic policy priority — the laughably misnamed Employee Free Choice Act — will miraculously become more popular and politicians will pick up the mantle soon.
The latest evidence comes from Politico, which reports of EFCA and card check’s hopes for next year:
…labor advocates remain hopeful.
“The Employee Free Choice Act fell victim to the same thing a lot of legislation did: to the health care debate,” said Josh Goldstein of American Rights at Work.
As the White House and Congress prepare to shift their focus to job creation and the economy, Goldstein said, the labor bill may have a more natural place in the debate.
Frankly, we don’t see how there will be a “more natural place in the debate” for a job-killing, anti-democratic bill that harms workers and employers. There’s never a good time for such a bill (or a compromise based on something that bad) but most certainly it can’t be entertained by serious elected officials during an economy facing so many headwinds.
Will Daddy Warbucks union officials keep shoveling money at pushing EFCA as if their lives (or at least livelihoods) depended on it? Bet your bottom dollar.
Thankfully, at least for now, card check’s tomorrow is always a day away.
(Cross posted at thetruthaboutefca.com)
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