http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#45852 I was a longstanding member of a union so I write this with a good understanding of both sides. Our economy can not afford this law. When Italy enacted a similar law the country was plagued with strikes. Utility companies frequently were unable to provide basic services, the transportation network was negatively impacted, and 40% of small business folded. We need to reform Labor law but not in this fashion. This could mark financial ruin for our delicate economy. We need instead focus on minimum wage increases and fair working hours. Things which do not put our counties businesses in peril of surviving.... 45852@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:48:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#43888 Removal of the secert ballot in union elections is enough not support this bill but it supersedes state laws (where states have right to work laws)with Federal law. No more right to work, one more fascistic policy supported by unions & the left.... 43888@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:50:34 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#43644 The hidden costs per family of this bill is that even more companies will close and move to foreign countries where they don't have to pay union wages and worry about negotiating contracts with unionized workers intimidated into joining a union in the first place. If the US is going to continue to make it harder for companies to operate in the US we should start exporting some of this liberal hoo-hah as well. Do you think employers in China and Mexico give a flip about employees rights? Come on folks?... 43644@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:53:18 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#41331 The right to a secret ballot is being challenged here. Any congressman or Senator who supports this legislation must be called on the carpet to explain why they support removing secret ballot from union members or those trying to organize a union. Removing the secret ballot opens the selection of the union to intimidation and strong arm tatics.... 41331@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:43:17 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#31960 Jody, you are wrong. One part of this bill DOES most certainly take away a union member's right to a secret ballot and replaces it with a card check. Perhaps other portions protect workers, but demand that your reps remove that portion and protect your right to secret ballot, freeing members from intimidation! People fought long and hard for secret ballots. Don't give them up now!... 31960@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:01:51 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#16380 As an intrested member of a union I have read the entire text of this bill, and contrary to the statements I'm reading posted, I don't see where this bill in any way will change the election process. What it will do is help prevent the current illegal activity taken by many companies to prevent union organization. Don't be fooled into believing that companies will not and do not violate the law in any way they think they can to keep unions out. This bill only strentghens enforcement of existing laws.... 16380@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:47:57 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#14581 This bill is clearly NOT about free choice. Telling a worker that they must choose whether or not to unionize when confronted by a coworker or union representative with a ballot card in hand is WRONG. The union would never stand for the employer taking the vote, so why should we allow the union to collect the votes in a face-to-face confrontation? Taking away the right to a secret ballot is contrary to the basic concept of free choice!... 14581@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:26:38 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_800.html#13934 I have read that H.R. 800 actually would be taking the secret ballot right in union elections away from the union workers, thereby taking away right to privacy. The bill supposedly is proposing for all union members to vote by card ballot with employee/union name and info on it. I suppose this is another bill with a secret agenda like this hidden in very small print so the general public would not really see the problem...giving the bill a misleading name "Employee Free Choice act".... 13934@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:37:32 EST