U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Betting Against the American Middle Class

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from OurFuture.org:



U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Betting Against the American Middle Class
By Leo Gerard

May 26th, 2009 - 12:08pm ET


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Randel K. Johnson, vice president of that esteemed group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently revealed a corporate-squelched truth in a slip of the tongue.

During a debate on May 15 with Stewart Acuff of the AFL-CIO about the Employee Free Choice Act, Johnson admitted – finally – that the act preserves secret ballot elections for unions. The act would allow workers – rather than employers – to decide whether to form a union by conducting a secret ballot election or by collecting signed membership cards from a majority of workers.

Incredibly, for as much as unearned-bonus-grubbing-CEOs have lied about secret ballots in their relentless campaign against the Employee Free Choice Act, that was not Johnson’s revelation.

No, here’s what he disclosed: If the act passes, he said, “It would be a rare union that would decide to risk a normal secret ballot election.” ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009052226/us-chamber-commerce-betting-against-american-middle-class