The Obama Labor Board's recent declaration of war against all 25 state Right to Work laws is just the latest in a long line of union-boss power grabs rammed through the federal bureaucracy.
You may remember the ambush elections scheme the Obama Labor Board pushed through late last year.
With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, three construction workers have joined a federal lawsuit challenging the ambush elections rules.
Make no mistake, the changes to union certification election rules are a major part of Big Labor's "Plan B" to sneak through the bureaucratic backdoor what they haven't been able to push through Congress, like the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.
This power-grab makes union organizing campaigns even more one-sided and stifles the rights of employees who may oppose unionization in their workplace.
Union operatives will be able to ambush workers with quick-snap elections just days after union organizers turn in "union authorization cards" from a mere 30 percent of the workforce.
And to make it even easier for union operatives to steamroll their way into workplaces, the new rules will force companies to hand over to union organizers the name, address, phone number, email address, and shift schedule of each employee, exposing workers to "home visits" and other intimidation tactics.
The new rules allow union bosses to withdraw their petition but save the personal contact information of each worker for a full-scale "card check" campaign at a later date.
By joining the lawsuit, the Foundation-assisted workers are able to make arguments about how this scheme affects individual workers, arguments that might otherwise go unheard in court.
Together with their scheme to gut all 25 state Right to Work laws, the ambush elections scheme is part of a deliberate strategy to remake American labor law to further entrench union-boss power over workers.
The ambush elections scheme is designed to make it easier for union bosses to force more workers into dues-paying ranks against their will.
The attack on Right to Work laws is their latest attempt to make it more difficult for independent-minded workers to get out from under Big Labor's thumb.
And I'm afraid the Obama Labor Board's all-out assault on individual workers may only intensify in the twilight of the Obama presidency.
The battle against Big Labor and their government enablers over the next two years will take place in the courts, and your Foundation will be at the center of it with your continued support.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
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