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 »
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 »
