Why do union bosses so desperately want to enact the card check scam? The enactment of a state version of the bill in Colorado shows the reason why:
The Denver Post reports:
At least 22,500 secretaries, prison guards and other state employees will soon fall under a union monopoly bargaining contracts following a vote tallied Wednesday, though the majority of eligible workers didn’t cast a ballot [emphasis added.]
With Colorado’s version of the Card Check Scam, less than 25% of the workforce was able to force the other 75% into the union. About 6,900 state workers from a pool of 22,500 who were eligible participated in the election, which gave them a choice between Colorado WINS (a coalition of labor unions who got together to ensure there would be no fighting over the expected revenue stream) or no union representation.
After union lawyers’ attempt to get the NLRB to block the vote failed, CWA union bosses backed down and departed AT&T workplace rather than face workers’ vote
Mark Mix Voices His Concerns On Tennessee’s WDEF News 12 as Big Labor Prepares for a Card Check Election at the Chattanooga Volkswagen Plant.
“Employees who are the targets of union organizing campaigns, and who do not want to be subject to monopoly union representation, must be vigilant about their rights after Cemex,” the notice reads