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\nThe National Association of Manufacturer’s ‘Shopfloor’ blog has post<\/a> up on another oft-repeated card-check myth. The entry starts out with Big Labor’s favorite rejoinder to critics of the erroneously-titled "Employee Free Choice Act" (EFCA):\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\tThe most-common misleading response from organized labor to the criticism that the Employee Free Choice Act will destroy the secret ballot in the workplace goes like\u2026well, here\u2019s a recent example. It comes from Bill McCarthy, president of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t. . .\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t"The EFCA would give workers, not employers, the right to decide how to express the choice about going union: through the card-check process OR through the NLRB election process."\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCarthy is playing the readers for idiots. Theoretically, oh sure, union organizers might, possibly, theoretically, choose an election, maybe. But under what possible circumstance would that be a realistic choice?\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nWell said. Once union organizers are given license to unilaterally bypass NLRB-supervised elections, there’s absolutely no incentive for them to go the less-abusive secret ballot route. Union militants know that card-check drives dramatically increase<\/a> their chances of warehousing employees into monopoly bargaining collectives by opening the door to intimidation<\/a> and<\/a> harassment<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nShopfloor also highlights the excellent congressional testimony<\/a> (.pdf) of John Raudabaugh, a labor law attorney and former member of the NLRB. Here’s his assesment of the EFCA (emphasis mine):\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t[Big] Labor claims that elevating card-check to secret ballot status does not do away with the ballot box. Their double-speak is a pathetic attempt to "change the subject." <\/b>To trigger the secret ballot process and NLRB administrative involvement, 30 percent or more of the employees in an "appropriate unit" must sign a petition requesting an election. Should a union garner signatures from more than 50 percent of the unit employees, an employer can voluntarily recognize the union or not to ensure a secret ballot election. Why? To protect the employee-voter from peer pressure and third party overreaching.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t[Big] Labor wants card-check with 50+ percent yield to bypass but equate to the ballot box process. Why? To effectively silence the employer by conducting a quick, one-sided campaign without counter-information<\/b> from the employer. Moreover, without the ballot-box, there is effectively no cure to overreaching and false Labor promises.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t[Big] Labor and its funded academics ignore Taft-Hartley specifically protecting a worker\u2019s right to refrain from third-party representation. Were the union to come up short of 50+ percent signed cards, would it really proceed to file a petition for an election? No, the secret ballot would not remain a real option under the EFCA proposal.<\/b>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nAnd that’s the bottom line. The card check bill will almost certainly result in the de facto<\/i> elimination of all secret ballot protections in the workplace. Suggesting otherwise is simply dishonest.\n<\/p>\n

\nFor a more comprehensive look at the EFCA, check out this<\/a> (.pdf) National Institute for Labor Relations Research study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nThe National Association of Manufacturer’s ‘Shopfloor’ blog has post<\/a> up on another oft-repeated card-check myth. The entry starts out with Big Labor’s favorite rejoinder to critics of the erroneously-titled "Employee Free Choice Act" (EFCA):\n<\/p>\n

\n

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\n\t. . .\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t"The EFCA would give workers, not employers, the right to decide how to express the choice about going union: through the card-check process OR through the NLRB election process."\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nAnother Card-Check Myth Debunked - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/another-card-check-myth-debunked\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another Card-Check Myth Debunked - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Association of Manufacturer's 'Shopfloor' blog has post up on another oft-repeated card-check myth. 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