In June, the Obama National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposed new union certification election rules designed to grease the skids to force workers under union-boss control.
National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys combed through the proposed rules, and what they found is very troubling, but unsurprising.
And now it's time to fight back.
Foundation staff attorney William Messenger has demanded time to argue the dangers to individual workers posed by the proposed rules at the NLRB's open meeting on Monday, July 18.
In a moment, I'll show you how you too can register your opposition with the NLRB.
But first let me tell you more about the Board's new election guidelines.
Ever since Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism Bill stalled in Congress last year, Obama's appointees at the NLRB have been plotting to sneak as much of card check through the Board as they possibly can.
Experts predict the NLRB will soon overturn a key Foundation-won precedent allowing workers to force a secret ballot vote to kick out an unwanted union that gained control of the workplace through card check.
And now these new election guidelines are designed to make union certification elections as one-sided as possible by:
** Encouraging union operatives to conduct stealth organizing campaigns for months or even years until they collect "union authorization cards" from just 30 percent of the workforce;
** Ambushing the rest of the workforce with quick-snap elections just days after union organizers turn the cards in to the NLRB;
** Denying workers sufficient time to counter union-boss propaganda, educate themselves and coworkers about the effects of unionization, and organize in opposition to the union;
** Forcing companies to hand over to union organizersthe name, address, phone number, email address, and shift schedule of each employee, exposing workers to "home visits" and other intimidation tactics.
In fact, if union bosses get wind of the possibility that they could lose the election, the new rules would allow them to withdraw their petition but save the personal contact information of each worker for a full-scale card check campaign at a later date.You can bet that Big Labor's high command, always desperate for new streams of forced-dues revenue to spend on politicking and union-boss perks, and their allies will file comments with the Board in favor of the new guidelines.
It's vital you and I stand up and speak for the individual worker.
That's why, in addition to the Foundation's comments, I'm asking you to register your opposition to the rule change with the NLRB.
Please, file your comments with the Board today. Tell the NLRB that, as a concerned citizen, you oppose:
1) Ambush elections that allow aggressive union organizers to conduct one-sided, intimidating unionization campaigns.
Under the new rules, workers wishing to remain independent may only have days to counter years of union-boss propaganda before a quick-snap election.
Under the new rules, workers wishing to remain independent may only have days to counter years of union-boss propaganda before a quick-snap election.
2) Invasions of workers' privacy by forcing employers to provide to union organizers the personal contact information and shift schedule of each worker.
The new rules would FORCE companies to turn over every worker's address, phone number, and email address to union operatives, who can use that information to make intimidating "home visits" just before the election.
The new rules would FORCE companies to turn over every worker's address, phone number, and email address to union operatives, who can use that information to make intimidating "home visits" just before the election.
3) Abusive card check campaigns in which union organizers lie, trick, or harass workers into signing "union authorization cards."
If union operatives think they can't even win an ambush election, the new rules let them keep the contact information of every worker and launch a card check campaign later!
It's bad enough that federal law gives union bosses monopoly bargaining and forced-dues power over workers.If union operatives think they can't even win an ambush election, the new rules let them keep the contact information of every worker and launch a card check campaign later!
Secret ballot elections, with enough time for workers to collect and share truthful information about unionization, at least provide workers the ability to make an informed, private choice for themselves.
Click here to register your opposition to the NLRB's proposed union certification election rule changes.
The bureaucrats at the Obama Labor Board are out of control. Demand they stop acting as an organizing tool for Big Labor.
I hope you'll act right away.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
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