July, 2009 - Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa) continues to waffle and perpetuate knowing falsehoods about legislation aimed at giving working families freedom to bargain for better wages, benefits and a secure means for saving for retirement.
“I’m not prepared to give up the secret ballot,” said Specter in an interview with radio host Bill Press.
“Sen. Specter’s claim that the Employee Free Choice Act will eliminate workers’ choice to a secret ballot is right in line with the false accusations of Big Business,” says IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. “Nothing could be further from the truth. The right to a secret ballot election is fully preserved and protected under EFCA. Passage of the bill would allow workers to choose from two ways to form a union in their workplace: a secret ballot election or a card-check authorization procedure.
“Giving workers the freedom to form a union and get a first contract, without employer intimidation is crucial to working families trying to get ahead. Any deviation from what the bill is specifically intended to do is a slight to America’s hardworking middle class.”
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