Each year on February 2nd, we watch and wait to see whether the famed Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his burrow and see his shadow (signifying six more weeks of winter) or not (meaning spring will come early). For the record, it seems now would be a bad time to pack up those snow shovels; Phil saw his shadow this morning. But weather forecasting isn’t the only thing Groundhog Day is known for.... Read more »
Dear Colleague: The American people believe strongly in their right to a secret ballot, and are overwhelmingly opposed to legislation that would take away that right in the workplace. Such is the finding of a new national survey from McLaughlin & Associates that shows widespread public opposition to the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would offer workers anything but a free choice ... Read more »
The hits just keep on coming for the anti-worker card check plan. It seems that denying the right to a secret ballot just isn’t popular with American workers or families. There are hard-hitting editorials, like this one in today’s Washington Times. "[E]ven the smallest businesses could face the costs associated with union strikes and binding arbitration. And it goes a step further, giving the empl... Read more »
Facts are inconvenient things, at least for special interest groups trying to convince a wary public to support the rollback of basic democratic principles. That’s what supporters of the anti-worker card check scheme are discovering this week as their rationale for the legislation crumbles before their eyes. For years, supporters of card check—a plan to abolish secret ballot unionizing elections a... Read more »
With Democrats still plotting and planning for a vote later this year on their anti-worker card check plan, it’s useful to remember how widespread the opposition really is. Leaders from across the political spectrum have lined up against this undemocratic plan because it is so fundamentally unfair to workers. For instance, last summer, George McGovern—the former Senator and Democratic presidential... Read more »
From the moment the 111th Congress was gaveled into session, one of the most pressing questions in Washington has been when Democrats would vote to eliminate secret ballot unionizing elections. With top labor bosses demanding card check as political payback for the millions they gave Democrats in the last election, it was only a matter of time until the bill would surface on Democrats’ legislative... Read more »
Another week, another round of negative editorial coverage of the Democrats’ ill-considered card check scheme, a plan to strip workers of the right to secret ballot unionizing elections. Just today, the Las Vegas Review-Journal includes an editorial decrying the negative economic consequences of Democrats’ anti-worker card check plan. "[I]t's reassuring to see Republicans ready to dig in and make ... Read more »
All across America, from rural communities and small towns to large cities and urban centers, an alarm is being sounded about Democrats’ dangerous card check proposal. This anti-worker plan—trampling worker privacy by using a public sign-up process rather than a secret ballot election when workers decide whether to join a particular union—is triggering concern among American employers who worry th... Read more »
Amid continued public outcry, inside-the-beltway Democrats have remained tightlipped about exactly when they plan to strip workers of secret ballot unionizing elections by advancing their anti-worker card check scheme. Luckily for American workers, state legislators from across the nation aren’t willing to stand by while Democrats in Washington and their special interest allies plot to take away w... Read more »
Editorial pages around the country continue to display the widespread national opposition to the deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would abolish federally-supervised secret ballot unionizing elections and replace them with a public sign-up process that opens workers to intimidation and coercion. Included among the most recent negative coverage is an op-ed that appeared over t... Read more »
