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Strange Bedfellows? Not so much.
Just in time for campaign fundraising season, Democrats are lining up to support unions and fill their campaign coffers. As campaigns file their year-end reports with the Federal Election Commission, it becomes much more obvious who’s in bed with whom. State Rep. Sal Pace’s (D) campaign for Congress finished 2011 with a surge of money, [...]

Posted February 3, 2012
Twenty-Three Right-to-Work States
Gov. Mitch Daniels signed right-to-work legislation into law yesterday, solidifying Indiana as the 23rd right-to-work state. Once Democrats in the House ended their boycott and gave Republicans a quorum, it was smooth sailing. Despite the noisy protestors, the Senate passed the legislation Wednesday and Daniels signed it almost immediately. The Band-Aid approach was hoped to quiet [...]

Posted February 2, 2012
Build Up to the Coming War
War drums are beating all over the country as Big Labor gears up for the fight to stay relevant in the American political landscape. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka began expanding his political operation last summer with a super PAC for the purposes of funding multi-cycle, issue advocacy as well as get-out-the-vote efforts. The new super [...]

Posted February 1, 2012

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.