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Article: Manufacturers Applaud Senator Specter for Opposing Card Check Legislation.
- Article from:
- Journal of Engineering
- Article date:
- April 8, 2009
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The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) and the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) applauded Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter for announcing his opposition to the "Employee Free Choice Act," also known as card check. NTMA and PMA, who together advocate on issues affecting small- and medium-sized manufacturers, called on other Members of Congress to preserve one of the fundamental rights of all Americans: the right to a private ballot.
"We applaud Senator Specter for resisting pressure to support card check, which violates the fundamental American principle of the private ballot while taking a major step toward diminishing America's global ...