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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 undemo... Read more »

Joining a growing chorus of voices speaking out against the anti-worker card check scheme, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao today penned an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal arguing against the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act, which she noted would “deprive workers of the ability to vote privately in workplace unionization elections.” She goes on to explain— "There is a push i... Read more »

As powerful union bosses continue to advocate for the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, public opposition to this anti-worker proposal has centered on a key provision—known as card check—that would strip workers of the right to a secret ballot when voting on whether or not to join a particular union. While it’s important to focus on protecting the secret ballot, the card check scheme includes oth... Read more »

As opposition grows to the anti-worker card check proposal, much attention has been paid to the bill’s elimination of the secret ballot for workers deciding whether to form a union. Unfortunately, an equally troubling provision stripping workers of their rights has largely escaped public scrutiny. Quietly lurking within the Democrats’ card check scheme – deceptively named the Employee Free Choice ... Read more »

It’s been nearly two years since Democrats in Congress first voted to take the secret ballot from workers. On March 1, 2007, Democrats approved the deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would actually prevent workers from freely and privately choosing whether or not to join a union through a secret ballot election. As we approach the anniversary of this undemocratic moment in his... Read more »

An illuminating editorial appearing in today’s edition of Investor’s Business Daily pulls back the curtain on the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, exposing the legislation as a payback to organized labor that would disenfranchise millions of American workers. "Despite its noble-sounding name, the legislation won't expand freedom. The bill could be more accurately called the card check act, for i... Read more »

Moments ago, the 111th Congress was officially gaveled into session and workers’ right to a secret ballot was officially put in jeopardy. Congressional Democrats have made clear that they intend to move forward on the controversial “card check” scheme, which would replace federally-monitored secret ballot unionizing elections with a public sign-up process that opens workers to intimidation and coe... Read more »