
To most Americans, the term "card check" means nothing.
But to union bosses, this term potentially means billions of extra dollars collected in forced union dues, above and beyond the $7 billion in forced dues and "fees" that unions already report collecting each year on forms filed with the U.S. Labor Department.
Card checks empower union bosses to force a business's employees to accept a union as their exclusive bargaining agent solely through the acquisition of signed union authorization cards from employees in a particular bargaining unit. Since union officials themselves keep the signed cards until they obtain the required number, workers have no real privacy rights vis-ŕ-vis Big Labor in this process. And under the watchful eyes of union organizers, workers may be intimidated into signing not just themselves, but all their nonunion fellow employees, over to union-boss control.
Archives: [110th Congress] [109th Congress]
| Bill | Position | Description | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 800 | Oppose | Card Check Forced Unionism Bill | Text/Status |
| S | 1041 | Oppose | Card Check Forced Unionism Bill | Text/Status |
January 24, 2007 - Union Bosses’ Mistrust of Workers Already Causing Tactic to Spread (PDF viewer required to view this document)
February 8, 2007 - Earlier today, National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix and former United Steelworkers of America (USWA) union organizer Ricardo Torres voiced their opposition to H.R. 800, the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
July 5, 2007 - Big Labor bosses and several of the politicians who helped give them 51 votes in support of (PDF viewer required to view this document)
February 15, 2008 - Legislation Would Promote Union Monopoly Bargaining, Hurt Workers (PDF viewer required to view this document)
August 14, 2007 - Constituents Loudly Air Their Displeasure With 'Card Check' Votes (PDF viewer required to view this document)
July 20, 2007 - But Right to Work Allies Stall 'Card-Check' Forced-Unionism Bill (PDF viewer required to view this document)
July 17, 2007 - Recalcitrant Workers, Not Employers, Are Big Labor's Main Problem (PDF viewer required to view this document)
April 27, 2007 - Majority Leader Harry Reid Eager to Repay Big Labor Sugardaddies (PDF viewer required to view this document)
April 16, 2007 - 'Card-Check' Forced Unionism Backed by 99% of House Democrats (PDF viewer required to view this document)
March 14, 2007 - Committee Mobilizes Supporters to Defeat Power Grab in Senate (PDF viewer required to view this document)
February 13, 2007 - Organized Labor's Top Priority Poised For Congressional Action (PDF viewer required to view this document)
January 14, 2007 - AFL-CIO Boss: Congress 'We Elected' Must Pass Card-Check Measure (PDF viewer required to view this document)