Card Check

Podcast: Right to Work Vice President Doug Stafford Interviewed on the Lars Larson Show

Will Collins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:38:57 -0400

Right to Work Committee VP Doug Stafford sat down with nationally-syndicated radio host Lars Larson to talk card check, possible Big Labor "compromises" and the newly-revived Police and Firefighters Monopoly Bargaining Bill. Click here to listen or use the embeddable player below:

Fact Sheet: Union Monopoly Privileges Linked to Lower Earnings and Disposable Incomes for Workers

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:12:07 -0400

Contrary to the usual propaganda union bosses would like you to believe, the National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) -- an anti-compulsory unionism think tank that exposes the harm forced unionism inflicts on workers -- released a report today entitled "Union Monopoly Linked to Lower Purchasing Power" that details how workers in least-unionized states enjoy the benefits of higher cost-of-living-adjusted earnings and disposable incomes.

You see, not only does government-granted union monopoly bargaining privileges infringe on employees' individual liberty, it also harms employees' economic interests.

According to NILRR:

EXPOSED: Big Labor Announces “Secret Plan to Destroy the Right Forever”

Nick Cote — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:21:04 -0400

In a surprising display of honesty about their true agenda, union bosses and Far Left activists participated on a panel at the Netroots Nation conference called "The Secret Plan to Destroy the American Right."

What's their "secret plan" to expand the power and size of government and raise taxes on hard-working Americans? It's passage of the woefully misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, more accurately called the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.

Union bosses apparently see the billions of forced dues dollars that the bill would funnel into pushing Organized Labor's radical political agenda as THE major selling point for the bill.

Right to Work States Aren't Safe If Card Check Forced Unionism Passes

Will Collins — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:26:43 -0400

Union bosses are trying to downplay the impact of their 'Card Check Forced Unionism' legislation in Right to Work states. While Right to Work laws are critical in protecting employees from forced union dues and in creating jobs and a higher standard of living, the fact is they do not deter coercive union organizing and other types of union abuse. The National Right to Work Foundation has released a short backgrounder on this topic, which is now available for download here.

WSJ: Mandatory Binding Arbitration Means More Power for Union Bosses, While Workers Lose Rights

Nick Cote — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:15:13 -0400

Here at Freedom@Work, we've covered the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (more accurately called the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill). The job-killing bill would effectively eliminate the secret ballot in union certification elections and open up workers to intimidation and dirty tricks by union organizers in coercive card check organizing drives. Moreover, the bill's mandatory binding arbitration provision would allow federal bureaucrats to impose terms and conditions of employment on workers and employers -- which even Far Left icon George McGovern opposes.

New Right to Work Podcast: Right to Work, Card Check, and the Police and Firefighters Monopoly Bargaining Bill

Will Collins — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:44:15 -0400

Foundation Vice President Stefan Gleason sits down with Reality Check Radio to discuss the history of the Right to Work movement, Card Check, and the Police and Firefighters Monopoly Bargaining Bill. Click here to listen or use the embedded player below:

Right to Work Committee Experts: Beware of Bogus Card Check Compromises!

Will Collins — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:40:18 -0400

At the annual Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU) conference in Washington, D.C., Right to Work Legislative Director Greg Mourad discussed the state of the card check debate in Congress. Here's the video:

Another Day, Another Union Stooge Appointed by Obama

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:45:53 -0400

In the latest of a litany of Big Labor political paybacks, President Barack Obama nominated union lawyer George H. Cohen to Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS).

New Right to Work Video: The Truth About Card Check

Will Collins — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:26:17 -0400

With all the controversy surrounding card check legislation, it's worth talking to workers who've actually experienced the procedure first-hand. With that in mind, the National Right to Work Foundation interviewed several employees who endured intimidation, harassment and coercion at the hands of union organizers during an actual card check drive. After UAW organizers forced their way into the workplace through the coercive card check scheme, the workers forced a secret ballot decertification vote (using a precedent won by National Right to Work Foundation attorneys) and tossed out the unwanted union.

Here's the video:

National Union Boss Looks in Mirror, Sees "The Sopranos"

Nick Cote — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:25:30 -0400

The Las Vegas Sun reports that internal disputes and struggles for power within some of the nation's top union monopolies have played a role in Big Labor's inability to force the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill through Congress.

This is largely untrue. While internal union disputes may be playing a small role, the real story is that the National Right to Work Committee has led mobilized grassroots America to lobby against this toxic union boss power grab. Of course, this bill would eliminate the secret ballot in union certification elections and empower federal bureaucrats to write and impose contracts on small businesses and workers.