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Top 10 Forced Unionism Power Grabs on Big Labor's Agenda
By Anthony Riedel
Created 10 Dec 2008 - 2:54pm

In this week's [1] "Top 10 List" from Human Events, the staff of Human Events listed the "Top 10 Things On Big Labor's Agenda." The list is telling, as it describes [2] Big Labor's outrageous plans to to grab more coercive power and erode employees' rights in the workplace. Of course, the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act", more accurately called the "Card Check" Forced Unionism Bill tops the list:

1. Employee Free Choice Act
In addition to the notorious “card-check” provision that strips union members of their right to a secret ballot, this bill also provides for increased penalties for employers who commit allegedly unfair labor practices...

Besides card check forced unionism, Big Labor is even toying with a relaunch of efforts to "Repeal...Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act [which] would take from states the right to enact Right to Work laws." Big Labor has wanted for decades [3] to repeal this critical provision, and the most serious attempt to do so was in 1960s.

Not only is Big Labor trying to ultimately overturn laws in Right to Work states [4], but they "also seek the forced unionization of police, firefighters, and EMTs by federal fiat -- overturning the laws of more than two dozen states."

Other notable aspects of Human Events' "Top 10 List [5]" includes Big Labor's nefarious plans of using the Federal government to force more employees into full dues paying compulsory unionism (see: #6 [6], 7 [7]), concealing corruption (see: #8 [8]), and making it harder for employees to exercise their rights against the abuses of compulsory unionism (see: #9 [9], 10 [10]).

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Links:
[1] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1
[2] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1
[3] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29641
[4] http://www.nrtw.org/en/rtws.htm
[5] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1
[6] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1
[7] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1
[8] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1
[9] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1
[10] http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29844#c1