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Article: Valley Times April 10 Letters from our readers
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- Oakland Tribune
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- April 10, 2009
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Rep. George Miller (Times April 4) contends that the disputed
Employee Free Choice Act is good for the economy. He whines that
under current law "the company sets pay, approves vacations and
promotes or fires workers ... ." Can he really feel it would improve
our national competitiveness if workers were in charge of setting
their own pay, approving their own vacations and firing themselves?
He further proclaims that as things stand now "the company holds the
power to intimidate."
Obviously he believes that unions never intimidate -- just
management. He brazenly contends that under current law "CEOs can
veto majority sign-up." But he cites no reference to back up his
claim. Odds are that ...