[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4794]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CARD CHECK = PEER PRESSURE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the House will 
consider the unfortunately named Employee Free Choice Act. Contrary to 
the title's implication, this bill will repeal employees' rights to 
hold secret ballot elections when deciding whether to form a union.
  The so-called card check provision of the bill would force union 
membership by the signing of a form and thus denying employees having 
secret ballot elections. As citizens of a democratic Nation, Americans 
have the right to elect their public officials in secrecy and without 
coercion.
  Republicans will fight to uphold a worker's rights by offering an 
alternative to this misguided legislation. This alternative, championed 
by the late Congressman Charlie Norwood, guarantees workers the right 
of a secret ballot election and prohibits anyone from coercively 
subjecting employees to a card check campaign.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11.

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