Former South Dakota senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern writes in today’s Wall Street Journal: 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 …
…because if big labor gets its way, they will not be protected by the secret ballot at work. Today the Wall Street Journal has a front page story on management efforts to educate employees on what would happen to Wal-Mart if liberal majorities in Congress and the White House passed the “Employee Free Choice Act.” Want to know what the Employee Free Choice Act actually does? Well if your hoping the WSJ will tell you, be patient. The WSJ waits until far after the jump, in the 20th paragraph to …
