Senate Dems Should Use Card-Check, Not Secret Ballot, for Lieberman Vote
The Employee Freedom Action Committee (EFAC) called on Senate Democrats to replace today’s secret ballot vote over Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s (D-CT) committee chairman status with the public open vote method they would like to implement in union organizing elections. Democrats are slated to cast [more...]

Posted Tue, 18 Nov 2008 .

EFCA Editorial Roundup
Good morning folks. For those of you playing at home, the race to stop EFCA tightened up overnight. As of this morning, Sen. Norm Coleman’s lead against Democratic comedian Al Franken narrowed to just 236 votes—and that’s before the hand recount that is set to begin next week. The Senate currently stands at 55 Democrats, [more...]

Posted Fri, 07 Nov 2008 .

Do Some Politicians Think Democracy Stops At The Border?

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We are writing to encourage you to use the secret ballot in all union recognition elections. We understand that the secret ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However, we feel that the secret ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they might not otherwise choose... [W]e feel that the increased use of the secret ballot in union recognition elections will help bring real democracy to the Mexican workplace.

Those were the sentiments of 16 House Members in 2001, when they wrote a letter urging Mexican authorities to use secret ballots instead of the anti-democratic process called card check for employees choosing to unionize. Yet those Representatives have bowed to pressure from union bosses and now support legislation that would effectively end secret ballots for working Americans. In fact, 44 Senators and 216 House Members currently support this disastrous legal change, which would expose employees to harassment from union organizers and their coworkers.

Click here to read the politicians' letter (*NOTE: Representatives Dooley and Coyne have since retired).
Click here to learn more about the myths labor leaders spread as they try to destroy secret ballot elections.