Recently, Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot, and Senator Orrin Hatch, spoke out against the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, saying that it forces unionization upon companies without a secret-ballot election and establishes federal arbitrators as the ones who will decide on a company’s payroll.
Senator Hatch said that the Employee Free Choice Act will force many American companies to go out of business or move their operations to countries where free choice is really free choice. In addition, Senator Hatch stated that not only would a President Obama support the (unfree) Free (no choice) Choice Act, but he would “ram it through” so that it becomes law with the full support of a Democratic legislative majority. He went on to say that America will become a second-rate country if the unions gain control over Corporate America. “It’s all about power,” said the Senator, the power of unions to dictate wages and benefits.
What is truly unfortunate, as Bernie Marcus noted, is that out of 100 top CEOs to whom he spoke only seven were aware of the pending Employee Free Choice Act and what it would mean for their companies. It’s time for Corporate America to wake up to the danger posed and organize to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act.
