BENNET: Rapid-fire debate questions flushed surprising answers from Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck tonight, with Bennet opposing a treasured union bill … After more than a year of equivocating on the Employee Free Choice Act, which would greatly ease union organizing, Bennet said: "I would not support the language in that bill." (Michael Booth, "Surprising Responses In Rat-Attack-Tat Debate Between Bennet, Buck," The Denver Post, 10/11/10)
MANCHIN: Do you agree with the provision in the Employee Free Choice Act Bill, also known as card check, that would strip away the right of a secret ballot for workers voting to form a union? Also, should government have any say in dictating contracts between a company and a labor union, as card check calls for?
Manchin said he does not support removing the secret ballot provision for workers, and that government has no place in dictating labor contracts. Manchin called the secret ballot vote "the most precious thing you own." "I've said publicly that ... we must retain the secrecy of the ballot. It's your vote, and only you should have knowledge of how you do that," he said. Another provision of the proposed card check law calls for a government arbitrator to resolve contractual disputes between a company and a union. "My response to that is that the government has no right to be involved in contractual disputes between an organizing body and the company they are working with." Manchin commented." That's why you have collective bargaining. You sit down and bargain. "Once you ratify and certify that you recognize the bargaining, then you sit down and work your contract out. Government should not be involved." (Joselyn King, "Manchin Distances Self From Obama," Weirton Daily Times, 10/10/10)Good.
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