Big Labor War on Secret Ballot Intensifying
President Biden flatly rejects the long-standing consensus that secret-ballot elections are, with few if any exceptions, far superior to “card checks”
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) is warning state legislators across the nation that passing state-level versions of a labor union “card-check” bill would decimate job creation.
Specifically, if states pass a “card-check” bill it will be counted as a negative on the 2008 edition of the “Small Business Survival Index.” The Index, which is an annual report compiled by SBE Council, ranks the states according to their public policy climates for entrepreneurship and small business.
SBE Council President & CEO Karen Kerrigan explains: “Card-check, which eviscerates the current right employees have to cast a private vote regarding whether they want union representation or not, enables abusive organizing tactics. This mandated approach to union organizing – where everyone in the workplace would know how each individual feels about union representation – will only serve to establish an environment that is ripe for harassment and underhanded tactics. This unfair, turn-key approach to forced unionization will be especially burdensome and costly for small businesses.”
President Biden flatly rejects the long-standing consensus that secret-ballot elections are, with few if any exceptions, far superior to “card checks”
Top officials of [...] unions have repeatedly tried to [...] effectively deny workers the opportunity to vote in secret-ballot elections...
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo wanted to reinstate the 1949 Joy Silk ruling, forcing "card checks" on employees.