Labor-backed special interest groups spent millions in the last election cycle to elect candidates who would vote for their anti-worker card check scheme, a plan to strip workers of secret ballots in unionizing elections. Now, these same special interest groups are opening their wallets again, this time on a multi-million dollar campaign to try to convince the American public to support the undemocratic
Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that actually
takes away workers’ free choice by eliminating the secret ballot.
Today, ads began airing in favor of the card check plan as part of a $3 million advertising blitz paid for by a group backed by organized labor. And earlier this month, it was reported that the SEIU has set aside at least $10 million to spend on its legislative agenda, which includes the public sign-up card check plan.
Card check supporters appear to be getting desperate. First, they plot a spin campaign to try to mislead the American public about card check’s true consequences. But with nearly 80 percent of Americans opposing card check legislation when it was last voted on in the U.S. House, it’s no wonder they’re going on a card check spending spree. The real question is, are Americans buying what they’re selling?
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