DEFEAT ALL UNION ATTEMPTS TO TAKE CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT

Dear Conservatives, 

Let me get right to the point.

In 2012 the union bosses' over-reaching power grabs -- perpetrated with the help of the Obama Administration -- are draining the National Right to Work Foundation's resources in what has been our most intense year in our over 40 year existence.

That means you and I face some difficult decisions going forward.

First, the good news: I'm increasingly encouraged that America is waking up to just how dangerous Big Labor's forced-dues empire is -- how it corrupts our politics, strangles businesses, penalizes taxpayers, mocks our Constitution, and extorts the precious wages of hard-working men and women as a condition of employment.

This year, Indiana became the 23rd Right to Work state, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker prevailed when the union bosses tried to recall him for daring to take on their corrupting monopoly bargaining and forced-dues powers in the state and local government sector.

Not only that, our recent victory at the United States Supreme Court in the Knox case set yet another vital precedent for workers nationwide.


But at the same time, the Obama Administration's sweetheart deals for Big Labor and yet another round of record-breaking political spending by the union bosses have exposed just how powerful Big Labor remains.

You see, the union bosses keep coming after independent-minded workers with everything they have, and your Foundation is battling like never before to stop them on numerous fronts.

Absolutely critical to our counterattack is bolstering our legal information program that exposes union-boss power grabs. But so are the strategic legal cases to block and roll back the union bosses' victimization of independent-minded workers.

Here's the rub. Like nearly everyone these days, the Foundation is operating on a tight budget margin right now, and the resources simply aren't yet there to cover all these bases.

That's why I will soon sit down with the five-member Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees to decide whether changes must be made in the Foundation's program budget.

But before I do, I need your help and guidance.

With nearly 200 cases underway right now, here's just a glimpse of what we are working on:

-- Several cases defending workers against the union bosses' Card Check Forced Unionism strategy. The Foundation's Card Check Litigation Task Force directly attacks union organizing abuses as the Obama Administration works overtime to expand the union bosses' power to force workers into forced dues-ranks without even a secret ballot vote.

-- Scores of cases going after Big Labor's use of forced dues to fund its nationwide political machine -- vitally important now as union operatives gear up to defend their allies in the White House and U.S. Senate, and take over the U.S. House, state legislatures, and governors' mansions across the country.

-- Legal challenges against the Obama Administration's unprecedented power grabs. Foundation attorneys are in multiple court cases challenging Obama's illegal NLRB "recess appointees," installed when Congress wasn't even in recess, while simultaneously challenging Big Labor privileges created by Obama appointees.

-- Critical cases defending state Right to Work laws, including the new Indiana Right to Work law as well as the Right to Work provisions in Wisconsin's labor law reform, as union officials mount an increasingly brazen campaign to undermine Right to Work protections nationwide.

That's why now would be the worst possible time to throttle back our efforts.

The fact is, over the next few weeks Big Labor will unleash the biggest forced-dues political spending blitz in history.

In the last two presidential election years the union bosses spent BILLIONS to help their pet candidates.

This year they have vowed to use their forced-dues war chest to keep control of the Presidency and the U.S. Senate.

But the Foundation is hitting back hard -- in state courts and agencies, in federal courts, and at the NLRB to enforce Foundation-won precedents that prevent the union bosses from using workers' forced dues to support their crony politicians.

That's why I am asking you to submit your Confidential Supporter's Directive.

You see, choices must be made among certain priorities in our program. I want your advice before we act.

I'd rather scale back in a few fights (even though we believe we could win!) than get stretched too thin.

Here's an in-depth view of some of the most important fights the Foundation is waging right now:

** Working systematically to force union officials to abide by the law and to comply with Foundation-won prohibitions on collecting and using forced union dues to elect Big Labor's pet politicians and defeat opponents of forced unionism.

** Defeating Big Labor's aggressive Card Check Forced Unionism strategy. In an attempt to further increase their forced-dues power, union bosses stage high-pressure campaigns that force employers to hand their employees over to forced unionism. Only the Foundation defends workers from these bully boy tactics.

** Protecting state Right to Work laws.  On the heels of  recent legislative successes in Wisconsin and Indiana, several states are close to freeing workers from the shackles of forced unionism. But the Foundation must guard  against union-boss legal challenges that could jeopardize Right to Work laws in these states and nationwide.

** Exposing forced-dues apologists nominated by President Obama to key executive branch positions or for lifetime appointments to the federal judiciary. All too often, a nominee slips through the cracks because vital background information does not come to light until it's too late.

Frankly, the union bosses have been surprised that ferocious opposition by Right to Work supporters nationwide has derailed some of their more extreme plans like Card Check Instant Organizing.

But with billions in forced dues at stake, Big Labor isn't giving up.

You see, what the union bosses can't get passed in Congress, their allies at the NLRB and Department of Labor implement changes to rules and regulations to grease union organizing efforts.

I hope you understand what a profound threat we now face.

You and other friends loyally stood with the Right to Work Foundation time after time as we have fought pivotal battles.

After all you and I have achieved, it would be devastating to have the momentum turn against us -- especially now when our achievements are attracting new supporters to our cause.

In fact, national leaders including Steve Forbes and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) are helping in a nationwide campaign to build new support for Right to Work. But identifying and recruiting new supporters takes resources, too.

That's why, in addition to submitting your Confidential Supporter's Directive, I ask you to chip in with a tax-deductible contribution of $10 or more.

Because we have been winning major legal victories against Big Labor, union officials are pressing harder and in more sophisticated ways to expand their forced-dues empire.

In 2012, Foundation attorneys launched important strategic cases that have the potential to blow a hole in Big Labor's coercive organizing strategy.

For example, in two cases Foundation attorneys are defending the Wisconsin bargaining reform law for non-union public employees who want to protect their right, under that law, not to pay forced union dues.

And fresh off our latest victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, Foundation attorneys have another case pending at the High Court that could shatter a scheme to force in-home health care providers -- including in many cases parents, grandparents, and even babysitters -- into dues-paying ranks.

But there is no time to spare.

That's why we must keep up the fight on all fronts...

...and why your Confidential Supporter's Directive is so important.

Foundation attorneys are in the midst of literally scores of cases to right the wrongs done by union bosses to rank-and-file workers. At this moment, Foundation attorneys are representing tens of thousands of employees in nearly 200 legal aid cases.

These cases are each unique, and vital precedents are at stake. It is difficult to consider abandoning any of them.

And if the Foundation is not in a strong position, there is no doubt Big Labor will be all the more eager to launch vicious new attacks on America's workers.

That's why, if at all possible, I ask you to chip in with a contribution of $10 or more.

I hope you understand how much is at stake.

With the resources provided by your contribution, the Foundation can maintain and perhaps even increase its aggressive attack on Big Labor's compulsory unionism schemes.

Your support could not come at a better time than now, given the challenges we face.

Whether you can afford to chip in a with contribution or not, please submit your Supporter's Directive giving me your advice.

Please act today. I'm awaiting your reply.

Sincerely,
 
Mark Mix

P.S. The union bosses have launched their forced-dues political machine to re-elect Barack Obama and install pro-forced unionism majorities in the U.S. Senate and state legislatures across the country.

At this crucial moment, I fear the Foundation will not have the resources to combat all the threats to workers' freedoms you and I face.  That's why your advice is critical.

Please submit your Supporter's Directive TODAY, and I hope you will also chip in with a contribution of $10 or more.