The Chamber of Commerce and other big business groups, which fought tooth and nail against the Employee Free Choice Act, make claims that the law would hurt the economy more than help it -- and we all saw this coming.

An article in the NY Times states: Mr. Donohue, the chamber’s president, said it would be unwise for Mr. Obama to embrace the Employee Free Choice Act when the economy was in such bad shape. He said the bill — along with other labor-backed bills that would raise business costs, including one that would guarantee most workers seven paid sick days a year — would hurt companies when many were struggling.

I read that section of the article a few times to have it make sense; and still it doesn't. How would allowing workers seven paid sick days a year hurt companies? What about a provision where the workers tally the amount of sick time a manager can legally take? What about an addendum to assess the management's performance? If there were any accountability regulations in place on the company's management that the Chamber president is concerned with -- we would have a very different playing field; wouldn't we? 

Clearly this is not about sick time; this is about fear of unionized shops across the country. This is fear mongering and propaganda to sway the opinions of workers who need the Employee Free Choice Act the most. This is a sympathy call to organizations and corporations that deserve no sympathy, no bail outs or anything else in place of protecting the workers that keep the wheels of Working America rolling.