SO LONG, SECRET BALLOTS?

NY Post - March 15, 2009
The secret ballot is as American as apple pie. For now, anyway.
But it might not last: Big Labor wants to take away workers' privacy in deciding whether to unionize - or not unionize.

Congress has before it legislation to do away with a secret ballot for representation elections - the so-called Employee Free Choice Act.
George Orwell, call your office.
As it stands now, unions are recognized only if a secret-ballot election shows that a majority of workers in the "shop" want a union.
But unions have been losing those elections for years - so enter the, ahem, "free choice" act.
If it becomes law, a union would be recognized if a majority of workers publicly sign authorization cards (a similar process has hitherto been the trigger for that secret-ballot voting).
Stripped of their anonymity under "card check," workers who oppose organizing will be wide open to intimidation.
'""In addition to stripping away workers' right to a private vote, the law also sucks more money from employers charged with workplace violations. And if businesses and new unions can't agree on a contract within 120 days, the government can impose binding arbitration. (continues...)