BBQMAN mentioned in a post about the proposed "card check" bill which is sponsored by President elect Obama and I think it may be worthy of its own thread.

The bill basically allows for the elimination of union elections and provides that once the union organizers get a majority of signatures on a petition that company is unionized. It was pushed hard by the unions of course, because I can tell you from personal experience there is a HUGE difference between a secret ballot and a petition !

What is scary to me about this is that there is a real financial impact we will feel in this country as a result of this legislation.....prices will rise and so will unemployment.

As with so much in the union world, 78% of current union members favor the current system but the "leaders" do not and have spent a ton of money in the past election to try and insure this gets passed.

I think this is MAJOR....it means that the pressure brought to bear by union organizers will be enough to unionize whatever target company there is. Watch out Walmart and Target, for two and watch out for the end of any low prices !!!!

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/arti...day_for_u.html