The EFCA would, among other things, allow labor unions to require workers to vote "yay" or "nay" for unionization in public, face to face with union organizers.
This "card-check" provision is reminiscent of a Soviet style election where the choice is either to vote the "right" way or suffer the consequences. That the unions have the gumption to even propose this shows how emboldened they are by the election of Obama and the electorate's repudiation of the Republican Party. (Why the Republican Party has earned its repudiation is another story.)
The Post states, "we oppose this bill, as it not only undercuts the rights of workers but threatens Colorado's economy." Even while making a principled stand in favor of secret ballots and individual liberty, the Post makes an erroneous assumption.
"Colorado's economy" does not exist as some individual entity, separate and apart from the economy of the United States or the entire world. A policy is either good for the economy or it is not. It makes no sense to concentrate on any micro-economic portion of the economy to the exclusion of the whole. It is akin to concentrating on what's good for your nose to the exclusion of what's good for your entire body. As far as I know, hemlock might smell good.
The Post notes that several "moderate" Democrats have publicly come out against the bill. It calls for Colorado's two freshmen senators, Democrats Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, to do the same.
So, Mark and Mike, what are you wating for? Polling data? Take a stand.
P.S. I am impressed with the unions' ability to get supporters to attack the editorial. As I post this, numerous pro-union comments have been posted to the online version of the editorial attacking the Post and those that agree with it.
Those of us that understand economics and believe in freedom need to do the same. That's part of what the People's Press Collective, the Gadsden Society and Liberty on the Rocks are all about - spreading the message of individual liberty over the power of the state.
Let freedom ring.
Card check's always left me a bit confused since it seems that most everyone would agree that that not only should everyone have the ability to cast a private, secret ballot but at that a publicly viewable vote won't necessarily reflect what people want so much as what they fear.
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