Secret Ballot Watch

The special interest groups behind the anti-worker card check plan haven’t given up, despite the legislation’s plummeting popularity among policymakers and opinion leaders alike. Luckily for workers, the fight to protect the secret ballot continues just as diligently.

Over the weekend, the Fredericksburg, VA Free Lance-Star carried an op-ed that clearly spells out the dangers of this special interest power grab: 

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A major payback to labor for its massive campaign spending and get-out-the-vote muscle, this bill would deny the right of workers to a secret ballot when deciding whether to unionize.

The Employee Free Choice Act is anything but--it is a complete violation of workers' rights, and a betrayal of the principles labor unions have fought for over the decades. …

The most disturbing part of labor's efforts on behalf of card check isn't the bad policy so much as it is the disregard for the rights of the American worker. By striking an employee's right to a private ballot, labor is working to deny individuals one of the most fundamental rights in our country. What is more American than a free and fair election?

One of the little annoyances of Congress is its tendency to propose controversial legislation with titles that have absolutely nothing to do with the content of the bill. Add the Employee Free Choice Act to the list. This bill is a contradiction in every sense of the word.

Connelly, “Forced labor: Call it the Employee Twist-Your-Arm Act,” Free Lance-Star, 04.12.09 

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Newspapers small and large, from coast to coast, continue to publish compelling commentaries on why the card check plan is bad for workers, bad for job creation, and just plain bad for democracy.

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