Union Bill Being Blocked

Senate Republicans blocked the organized labor's top legislative goal this year. It was a bill that was designed to make it easier for unions to organize workers at nonunion workplaces.The resulting tally was 51-48, which left the Democrats in short of nine votes because they needed 60 to cut off the continuous debate in the Senate and bring the bill to a vote. Before in March 1, The House passed the bill by 241-185. The number 241 was 43 votes fewer than the two-thirds necessary to override the veto expected from President Bush.The bill would have required employers to recognize unions if more than half of eligible workers signed union cards. The bill the Senate stopped on Tuesday was written to help not only workers, but union bosses, who have watched hopelessly as union membership in the United States has decreased.Democrats vowed that they are not going to let this bill die.

I feel that Republican senators do not understand the true economic concerns of America's middle-class families. They are blocking chances and opportunities of working families.They are not caring about the union bosses, even if they are suffering from the decreasing membership. Through the blocking of this bill, the earning power of men is decreasing as well. They are only continuing to vote for the special interests and to vote against American workers, which is just wrong. I chose this article to see what is going on in our economy and to be informed of the issues of unions.