Union Bosses Going All Out to Capture Congress

Right to Work Rallies Members to Hold Candidates Accountable

During the months leading up to Election Day 2026, Big Labor bosses’ focus on politics has never been more explicit. 

In July, for example, the brass of the 1.9 million-member American Federation of Teachers (AFT/AFL-CIO) gave House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) the podium at the union’s annual convention, where he exhorted its political operatives to help him win partisan control of his chamber. 

“Are you ready to help us take back control of the United States House of Representatives in November?” asked Mr. Jeffries. A roaring crowd of union officials and their militant followers responded in the affirmative. 

This lovefest between the AFT elite and its handpicked politicians continued as others, such as U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), took the podium. Union head Randi Weingarten gave a keynote address effectively promising to deploy the AFT’s resources to fulfill Rep. Jeffries’ request. This despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of AFT members are personally aligned with the GOP, and many others undoubtedly oppose the use of their dues to advance partisan politics. 

Right to Work Committee Activating 2026 Survey Program 

But even as Ms. Weingarten and other union bosses pour dues dollars and staff time into the campaigns of their political lackeys, the National Right to Work Committee is well underway in its efforts to hold such candidates accountable for their support of forced unionism. 

“We are currently letting our millions of supporters across the country know, as this Newsletter edition reaches homes, where their U.S. House and Senate candidates stand on Right to Work,” Committee President Mark Mix explained. 

“We are sending rosters with the results of the Right to Work surveys that we have asked candidates to fill out to our supporters for their consideration as they cast their ballots this fall.” 

Pro-Right to Work Americans who have not yet received a copy of their Survey 2026 results may obtain a copy by contacting the Committee by email — members@nrtw.org — or by dialing 1-800-325-7892. By putting maximum pressure on their candidates, Right to Work supporters can demonstrate that forced unionism is a major issue on Election Day. 

Fall Contests May Determine Whether or Not Big Labor Power Grabs Get Enacted 

The outcome of this fall’s elections may well determine whether or not an array of anti-worker, pro-union monopoly power grabs that have overwhelming Democrat support in Congress get passed through the House and Senate. 

“Fortunately, our federal staff, along with our membership, has so far prevailed upon the Senate to stall bills like the misnamed ‘Faster Labor Contracts Act’ [H.R.5408/S.844],” Mr. Mix said. 

“This bill, which lead House sponsor Donald Norcross [D-N.J.] rammed through Congress’s lower chamber this summer, would force workers and businesses to abide by the decisions of federal bureaucrats to impose a ‘contract’ on both parties with no acquiescence by either party. 

“Should control of the Senate fall into the hands of current Minority Leader Chuck Schumer [D-N.Y.] after November, there is no guarantee Right to Work can continue to hold off S.844 in Congress’s upper chamber in 2027.” 

Texas, North Carolina Senate Seats Are Union-Boss Targets 

To thwart a Schumer takeover of the Senate, the Right to Work movement will have to be effective at defense in 2026. 

An open seat in Texas held by a retiring senator supportive of Right to Work is being targeted with every weapon in the union bosses’ arsenals. Big Labor’s favored candidate, state Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin), attempted to repeal Texas’s Right to Work Law in 2023. He is facing 100% pro-Right to Work state Attorney General Ken Paxton. 

In North Carolina, where another pro-Right to Work senator is retiring, former Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper has completely sold out to AFL-CIO bosses to get their support against pro-Right to Work GOP nominee Michael Whatley. 

On top of the Texas and North Carolina contests, union strategists have set their sights on Senate races in Iowa and Nebraska. 

In the Hawkeye State, where Right to Work champion Joni Ernst (R) is retiring after two terms in office, fellow forced-unionism foe and current U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R) is facing off against Democrat state Rep. Josh Turek, an unabashed advocate of forcing workers to bankroll unions as a job condition. 

Meanwhile, in the Cornhusker State, former GOP Gov. and current U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, who has a consistent track record of standing up to Big Labor, is being aggressively challenged by phony “Independent” Dan Osborn, a Big Labor stooge. 

Multiple Pro-Coercion Candidates Face Tough Fights Going Into General Election

Right to Work supporters hoping to strengthen their ability to combat Big Labor abuses over the next two years also have multiple opportunities in Senate contests. 

Among the possible pick-ups for Right to Work supporters are Senate seats — all currently held by anti-Right to Work politicians — in Georgia, Michigan and Minnesota. 

In Right to Work Georgia, a senator with a pro-unionism record holds only a modest polling edge over a 100% pro-Right to Work challenger. 

Embattled Big Labor Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) has regularly sided with union bosses who demand that the federal government make it even easier for them to corral employees into unions and extract forced financial support from them. 

Emblematic is his continuous support since his election in 2021 of the so-called “PRO” Act, a smorgasbord of every power grab Big Labor has cooked up over the last several decades, including effective repeal of Right to Work laws in Georgia and 25 other states. 

Beyond this, Mr. Ossoff has sought to perpetuate anti-Right to Work, Biden-era bureaucratic power grabs by opposing all Trump nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who might potentially vote to overturn them. 

In the open-seat races in Michigan and Minnesota, the Democrat nominees are forced-unionism extremists Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed and Peggy Flanagan. 

Along with James Talarico, Jon Ossoff, and virtually every other Democrat Senate nominee on the ballot this year, Mr. El-Sayed and Ms. Flanagan are pledging to push for passage of the “PRO” Act in 2027. 

Unfortunately, former Congressman Mike Rogers and Michele Tafoya, the Republican nominees respectively running in Michigan and Minnesota, have, at press time, yet to return their Committee candidate surveys stating where they stand on the Right to Work issue. 

Committee Rallies Members to Hold Candidates Accountable 

The federal Survey 2026, the principal Committee program for holding politicians’ feet to the fire, has three phases. 

In the first part, candidates received questionnaires asking how they plan to vote on forced-unionism issues, including national Right to Work legislation. 

In part two, Committee members called and wrote to candidates asking them to support Right to Work 100% on their questionnaires. 

In the final phase, the Committee, through emails, TV and newspaper ads, and the postal service, is reporting back to members how their candidates responded. 

“The 2026 election stakes for Right to Work supporters are extraordinarily high,” said Mr. Mix. 

“Almost every single Democrat in Congress has signed on to union bosses’ wish list of legislation to gut state Right to Work laws and give them even more power over American workers. 

“Fortunately, I’m confident that, with members’ generous support, up to Election Day, candidate after candidate will get behind Right to Work. And candidates who refuse will be held accountable by the public.” 

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