Sacramento Bee: Governor must act by midnight Tuesday on card-check legislation
06/27/2011
Governor must act by midnight Tuesday on card-check legislation
With budget talks ongoing, Gov. Jerry Brown has until Tuesday at midnight to act on legislation he'd just as soon not have to deal with - Senate Bill 104 by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.The so-called "card check" measure, sponsored by the United Farm Workers , would give farmworkers seeking union representation an alternative to a secret-ballot election - and make the business community unhappy. The measure would let workers unionize if a majority of employees sign and submit petition cards to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. The bill also includes steeper penalties for employers who seek to block workers from unionizing.
