While Congress is getting ready to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, the Executive branch of government has indicated that it will veto the Act, should it indeed be passed by both houses of Congress.
The House Education and Labor Committee has begun marking up the bill in preparation for a vote. There are, unfortunately, not just Democrats who are supporting this bill. And if the Democrats attract sufficient numbers of Republicans, there is a good chance that it will pass.
In the event of such passage, Vice President Cheney has stated to a business trade association, that President Bush will veto the bill. It is the right thing to do, for The Employee Free Choice Act is nothing less than a company-busting bill that would cause thousands of companies to transfer their operations to Asian and Southeast Asian countries, thus driving up unemployment.
We take our hats off to President Bush and are pleased that Corporate America has such a strong ally in our president, one who places a high value on such democratic traditions as secret-ballot elections.
