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Article: Hidden ramifications of card check bill.(Local)

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March 18, 2009
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By JAMES V. MEATH

EVER SINCE the presidential primaries ended, a storm has been gathering in the business community. Then-candidate Barack Obama's talk of the "card check" bill (misleadingly titled the Employee Free Choice Act) energized labor unions and terrified businesses .

This proposed legislation would completely revolutionize labor law. It would seriously damage a firm's ability to maintain control over its work force and satisfy the ever-changing needs of customers in a global economy. The legislation was re-introduced in the House and Senate last week .

I have practiced traditional labor law for 30 years, and I believe there's been a ...

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