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SUMMARY:Card Check information Seminar
DESCRIPTION:The Business Advocates Committee has arranged for a seminar on the Card Check Legislation.   Joe C. Swedberg\, vice president of legislative affairs for Hormel Foods will present a seminar on February 19 at 12 noon at the chamber office. Joe oversees all state and federal legislative affairs for Hormel Foods\, the parent company of Jennie ) Turkey Store in Faribault.Preregistration is required. Contact the chamber office or register on the chamber website event page.  The Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce has joined other business organizations in Minnesota and across the country in opposition to the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act\, or better known as Card Check.  The Employee Free Choice Act creates a low-cost and virtually guaranteed way for unions to win organizing campaigns. Instead of allowing workers to vote their conscience in private\, union organizers would be given free reign to pressure workers into publicly signing legally-binding cards supporting a union. Once 50 percent of workers at a facility are persuaded to sign\, it would be against the law to hold a secret ballot election\, even if many workers wanted one. Under current law\, the decision of whether or not to form a union is usually left to the workers   through a secret ballot election. That means that workers can choose   in private   whether they want to join a union. Under Card Check\, union organizers would be free to "persuade" workers to publicly sign a card stating that they support the union. Union organizers could ask workers to sign a card just about anywhere   in the parking lot after work\, at a restaurant\, even at home. Once more than 50% sign cards\, workers would be stuck with the union   no more debate and no secret ballot election. We need our elected officials to protect secret ballot rights in our workplaces before this legislation does irrevocable harm to our small businesses and our struggling economy.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">The Business Advocates Committee has arranged for a seminar on the Card Check Legislation.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Joe C. Swedberg\, vice president of legislative affairs for Hormel Foods will present a seminar on February 19 at 12 noon at the chamber office.&nbsp\;Joe oversees all state and federal legislative affairs for Hormel Foods\, the parent company of Jennie ) Turkey Store in Faribault.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Preregistration is required.&nbsp\;Contact the chamber office or register on the chamber website event page.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">The Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce has joined other business organizations in Minnesota and across the country in opposition to the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act\, or better known as Card Check.&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">The Employee Free Choice Act creates a low-cost and virtually guaranteed way for unions to win organizing campaigns.&nbsp\;Instead of allowing workers to vote their conscience in private\, union organizers would be given free reign to pressure workers into publicly signing legally-binding cards supporting a union.&nbsp\;Once 50 percent of workers at a facility are persuaded to sign\, it would be against the law to hold a secret ballot election\, even if many workers wanted one.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Under current law\, the decision of whether or not to form a union is usually left to the workers &mdash\; through a <u>secret ballot election</u>.&nbsp\;That means that workers can choose &mdash\; in private &mdash\; whether they want to join a union. Under Card Check\, union organizers would be free to &ldquo\;persuade&rdquo\; workers to publicly sign a card stating that they support the union.&nbsp\;Union organizers could ask workers to sign a card just about anywhere &mdash\; in the parking lot after work\, at a restaurant\, even at home.&nbsp\;Once more than 50% sign cards\, workers would be stuck with the union &mdash\; no more debate and no secret ballot election.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">We need our elected officials to protect secret ballot rights in our workplaces before this legislation does irrevocable harm to our small businesses and our struggling economy.&nbsp\;</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div>
LOCATION:Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce530 Wilson Ave
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URL:https://members.faribaultmn.org/events/details/card-check-information-seminar-02-19-2009-1299
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