Nope. Dwight Eisenhower...From the Las Vegas Sun:
President Barack Obama’s nominee for Labor secretary is running into fierce resistance from Republicans over her reluctance to state her views clearly on legislation that would make it easier for unions to organize.
The nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis has yet to be approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — even though her confirmation hearing two weeks ago was among the first for Obama’s cabinet picks.
The committee, chaired by Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, could not say Thursday when it would hold a vote.
Even if the committee approves Solis, her nomination could be blocked by a Republican senator on the floor.
The committee’s ranking Republican, Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming, has been pressing for more detailed responses to questions posed on several issues, including the Employee Free Choice Act or card check bill.
The legislation would allow workers to organize simply by handing in enough cards expressing their preference. Under card check, union membership rose steadily in the past century until 1947, when Congress, under pressure from business, began requiring secret ballot elections. Unions claim the election campaigns allow management to dissuade workers with threats. Businesses argue that card check allows unions to pressure workers unduly to organize.
Big-business and their GOP handmaidens in Congress oppose the EFCA much like Sarah Palin opposes science. You can expect them to stop at nothing to block anything and/or anybody that works to get the bill passed. Sen. Enzi and his fellow anti-union zealots are in it for the long haul, and their big-business backers won't let them go down without one hell of a fight.
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