Comments for 0 at http://www.pontealdia.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.pontealdia.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:26:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.pontealdia.com/columnists/the-truth-about-latinos-and-the-efca.html#comment-711 Dear misnomer, whether you are pro-union or anti-union, I think we can both agree that the public deserves facts. So allow me to do some fact checking for the sake of avoiding further misinformation of the public: #1. EFCA amends the National Labor Relation Act. It DOES NOT REMOVE THE SECRET BALLOT election from the NLRA. It will still be up to the workers to decide which option they want, secret ballot or card check. #2. The number assigned for the Employee Free Choice Act is H.R. 1409 in the House of Representatives and S. 560 in the Senate. Regardless of what your political inclinations are, respectfully I ask that you please check the information you are passing off as facts. - Andrea F Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:18:45 +0100 http://www.pontealdia.com/columnists/the-truth-about-latinos-and-the-efca.html#comment-702 With all due respect to Dr. Lemus; this idea is nothing but an attempt for President Obama to organize for votes in the same way that a dozen eggs are put in a carton for sale at the market. Anyone with a doctorate such as Dr Lemus doesn't need a union for successful career. With that being said, WHY SHOULD YOU?!?? Latinos shouldn't have to limit themselves to compromise their beliefs to a union just to make an honest living. As an IT professional who maintained a six figure salary without a college degree, I will tell you that it takes sacrifice, determination, and desire to get where you want to go. Don't depend on a union who wants to run you and don't depend on a president who hasn't a CLUE WHATSOEVER as to what's going on. Replace your HOPE & CHANGE with SACRIFICE & DETERMINATION and you will see. Whether it's a professional career or your own business endeavor, you have to want it THAT BAD to make it happen. If a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx with no college degree can have a 20 year professional career in Wall Street, you can do WHATEVER YOU WANT! This is the message that AL DIA and other Latino publications should be getting out to the Latin Community. The only card that a Latino should have in his hand is the card that reads CEO, not LOCAL!!! - Frankie Cruz Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:49:07 +0100 http://www.pontealdia.com/columnists/the-truth-about-latinos-and-the-efca.html#comment-678 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afjp4Cx-3W0 - misnomer Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:29:25 +0100 http://www.pontealdia.com/columnists/the-truth-about-latinos-and-the-efca.html#comment-677 The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would disenfranchise 105 million American workers. For union organizing elections, the legislation would replace the secret ballot with a system of "card checks," where union organizers pressure workers to publicly sign a card stating they want to join a union. Workers would never have the option of voting against union membership, and millions of workers could be forced into a union without ever getting the chance to vote on the matter. Congress should preserve a worker’s right to vote in privacy on union membership. - misnomer Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:24:52 +0100 http://www.pontealdia.com/columnists/the-truth-about-latinos-and-the-efca.html#comment-676 Does a ballot cast in private or a card signed in public better reveal a worker's true preference about whether to join a union? A private vote is the obvious answer, but organized labor has nonetheless made the misleadingly named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA, H.R. 800) its highest legislative priority. Recently, unions have switched the focus of their organizing operations from private balloting to publicly signed cards. These so-called card-check campaigns make it much easier for unions to organize workers, but most companies strongly resist the idea of denying their employees a vote. Unions now want the government to take away workers' right to vote and certify unions after only a card-check campaign. The Employee Free Choice Act would do this and more - misnomer Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:22:06 +0100 http://www.pontealdia.com/columnists/the-truth-about-latinos-and-the-efca.html#comment-672 You can get affordable Family and Individual Health insurance in Philly at www.ibx.com - Paul Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:53:07 +0100