In some weird way I've actually been looking forward a bit to the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act because I was curious how its advocates would make the case for such an odious piece of legislation. Well, the picture is now coming into focus:
This is, in total, how the ad voiceover describes the legislation:
The Employee Free Choice Act will let workers choose to join a union and negotiate for better wages and benefits.
Except, you know, workers can already choose to join a union. The people pushing this legislation are so cowardly that they refuse to say what it even is, because if the public had any clue no one would support it.
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I hadn't heard about this gem...
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(b) Remedies for Violations-
(1) BACKPAY- Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160(c)) is amended by striking `And provided further,' and inserting `Provided further, That if the Board finds that an employer has discriminated against an employee in violation of subsection (a)(3) of section 8 while employees of the employer were seeking representation by a labor organization , or during the period after a labor organization was recognized as a representative defined in subsection (a) of section 9 until the first collective bargaining contract was entered into between the employer and the representative, the Board in such order shall award the employee back pay and, in addition, 2 times that amount as liquidated damages: Provided further,'.
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(emphasis mine)
From: Employee Free Choice Act -THOMAS (Library of Congress)
How is this not extortion???
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