In 1959, well-meaning advocates of employee freedom secured passage of the Labor-Management Reporting Disclosure Act (LMRDA), a bill that promised disclosure of union finances with the (mostly unrealized) promise of weeding out corrupt union racketeers.

In 2009, President Barack Obama pledged his Administration would be on the side of disclosure — but that has been revealed as a false promise.

The Obama Administration has moved to eliminate some modest union disclosure regulations that would allow American workers forced to pay union dues some basic information about the self-awarded “benefits” union bosses enjoy.

Of course, so long as forced unionism privileges remain intact, no amount of disclosure will meaningfully increase union accountability, but perhaps employees will gain a greater awareness of how their forced dues are spent.

Please watch the video below and then go to the Department of Labor’s website to comment on these detrimental regulatory changes. All comments related to this issue must be made by March 5.

You can view the Foundation’s request for extension link or make your own comment regarding the effective date change. (Just click on the yellow comment icon in either of the above links to add your own comments about this cover-up of union boss corruption.)

Note: You should have Docket: LMSO-2008-0002 listed at the top of your comment. Please let them know how you feel about this power grab. Feel free to e-mail us a copy of your comment.

You may also visit Regulations.gov and enter LMSO-2008-0002 to comment, search comments, or read your own comment after it’s been published.

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