Employee Free Choice Act

Research Institute Finds ‘Card-Check’ Forced Unionism Threatens Job-Based Private Health Insurance

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:22:03 -0400

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) recently published a fact sheet discussing U.S. Census Bureau data from 1999 to 2007 that shows the "Card Check" Forced Unionism Bill and similar legislative "compromises" actually endanger workers' access to health insurance.

According to NILRR's observations:

A Bigger Big Labor?

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:34:19 -0400

To regular readers of Freedom@Work, it's certainly no secret that Big Labor's union bosses, in the face of greater difficulty in winning workers over voluntarily, are always working to come up with new schemes to force workers into full-dues-paying union membership.

Of course, one major way union bosses get around this inconvenient truth is to use workers' forced dues for politics, essentially buying political power to steer our already intrusive Federal government toward coercive policy to force more workers into union ranks.

Speaking Out of School: Brave Union Boss Slams "Card Check" Forced Unionism

Anthony Riedel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:13:10 -0400

Last week, Big Labor's bought-and-paid-for politicians in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate introduced the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill. This Big Labor-endorsed compulsory unionism scheme is intended to give federal government bureaucrats the unprecedented power to impose wages and working conditions, including forced union dues, on employees and employers after workers are herded into union collectives without even a secret ballot election.

Neal Catlett, former union president at a Whirlpool plant in Arkansas, spoke out against Big Labor's card check coercion:

Union Partisan: "When It Comes to Unions, We Should Be More Like China"

Nick Cote — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:50:41 -0500

It's fascinating to examine the mindset of union partisans fighting to enact the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (a.k.a Card Check Forced Unionism Act), which would virtually eliminate the secret ballot in workplace elections.

Jon Tasini, a union consultant and former union boss, supports Card Check Forced Unionism which would allow union goons to collect "votes" in public by repeatedly harassing workers at the job and at home.

But Tasini thinks the Card Check Forced Unionism does not go far enough. He'd rather just have absolute government-imposed forced unionism, like China, where the authoritarian regime simply tells companies "you have to have unions" -- and that's, that.

Read Tasini's entire post here.

Practice What You Preach, You Hypocrite

Will Collins — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:25:27 -0500

Politico reports that House Dems are gearing up for a battle over the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee between Representatives Waxman and Dingell:

The race itself remains a tough one to call. “I’m not even sure the candidates know,” said Washington Rep. Jay Inslee, a Waxman supporter.

And most lawmakers dread picking sides.

Asked who she would be supporting, Rules Chairwoman Louise McIntosh Slaughter of New York exclaimed, “Oh, it’s a secret ballot, thank the Lord.”

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Special Right to Work Podcast: Election Aftermath and the Looming Union Assault on Our Freedoms

Patrick Semmens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:01:12 -0500

In this special episode of the National Right to Work Podcast, National Right to Work Committee and Foundation President Mark Mix tells host Stefan Gleason about the ramifications of the power-shifting election.

NRTW Podcast, Episode 3 - What's This Whole "Card Check" Thing REALLY About?

Will Collins — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:23:09 -0400

Vice President Stefan Gleason sits down with Foundation Staff Attorney Glenn Taubman to discuss the ugly realities of coercive card-check organizing drives and Big Labor's efforts to make this process for unionization mandatory; Listen here:

Wall Street Journal: Big Labor Eyes Massive Union Power Grabs After Election

Patrick Semmens — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:34:50 -0400

Big Labor is spending north of a billion dollars to get their favored candidates elected, much of it from employees forced to pay dues to keep their job. Union bosses see it as a smart investment given the forced unionism power grabs that could quickly become law if their chosen candidates take office.

As detailed in today's Wall Street Journal, those power grabs would mean literally billions new forced dues dollars flowing into union bosses' coffers. There is no question that Foundation attorneys will be overwhelmed with legal aid requests from workers seeking refuge from the onslaught:

VIDEO - Union Organizers On Card Check Intimidation: "Get the card signed... by hook or crook"

Patrick Semmens — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:55:06 -0400

Here's a telling video of former union organizers describing the pressure, intimidation and even outright dishonesty that goes into collecting cards for a card check.

USA Today Comes Out Against Card Check Instant Organizing

Will Collins — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:29:02 -0400

Today USA Today, the largest circulation newspaper in the country, editorializes against efforts to impose the coercive Card Check Instant Organizing on every worker in America:

Under the current system, once 30% of a company's workers sign union authorization cards, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administers a confidential vote, typically 39 days after it receives the cards. The union and employer campaign for votes.

Under a major rewrite of U.S. labor law being promoted by unions, when more than 50% of employees sign authorization cards, the NLRB would have to recognize the new union. No campaign. No secret ballot.

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