I stumbled upon an IBEW document this morning that is a prime example of the bill of goods unions are using to sell the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act. It is a PDF document titled “Know the Truth” from the IBEW. It explains that:

“The purpose of the card if very simple…The law says you must show sufficient support before an election can be held by the government. There is no other purpose for the card and they are kept confidential.”

No other purpose, except of course, bypassing an election.

If this is par for the course now, imagine what will happen after EFCA passes.

Candidate Ronnie Musgrove seems flustered when a voter asks him about his support for the so-called Employee Free Choice Act. This mis-named legislative mess would strip workers of their right to a private ballot when voting on unions in the workplace. Ronnie says, “I am supporting the workers over the special interests,” and then gets away from the Mississippi voter as fast as he can. Maybe because he’s taken thousands in campaign contributions from big labor? Last time we checked, big labor was a special interest Ronnie…do what, now?

In today’s Courier-Journal article John David Dyche challenges the candidates for U.S. Senate to answer some questions important to voters that have yet to be addressed during this campaign.

He calls upon Lunsford to give “direct, non-evasive answers to direct questions like these….” Included in Lunsford’s list is the “card-check” question where Dyche asks:

“Do you support a “card-check” bill to certify labor unions without federally supervised secret-ballot elections when they “collect” a majority of signed authorization cards?”

Let’s hope Bruce can explain to the public why he is indeed supporting the Employee Freedom Choice Act and standing with union bosses to take away workers’ rights.

Bruce – we want an answer.

Today’s Charleston Post and Courier has an excellent editorial against the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act suggesting that Democrats in Congress should heed Former South Dakota Senator and Presidential Candidate George McGovern’s recent appeal to drop their support of anti-worker bill. They wrote:

Mr. McGovern hailed America’s unions — as he has throughout more than half a century as a political figure — for helping to assure fair treatment of workers, build a strong middle class and to assure fair treatment of workers. However, as he accurately warned, the EFCA would treat workers quite unfairly.

“We cannot be a party that strips working Americans of the right to a secret-ballot election. We are the party that has always defended the rights of the working class. To fail to ensure the right to vote free of intimidation and coercion from all sides would be a betrayal of what we have always championed,” he wrote.

That’s a powerful argument from a man who could never be mistaken for a tool of management. Congress should heed Mr. McGovern’s appeal and reject the “undemocratic overreach” of the grossly mislabeled Employee Free Choice Act.

Mainers for Employee Freedom Steering Committee member Godfrey Wood has a great OpEd on the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act in today’s Portland Press-Herald:

The private-ballot vote to organize has been working for decades. It has protected workers from intimidation and harassment and has given credibility to election results in the workplace. EFCA would reverse our long-standing practice of private-ballot votes and trample the rights of our nation’s workers.

This harmful legislation should not become law. We must alert our elected officials that EFCA is a bad idea and their help in opposing EFCA could make all the difference.

Together, we can broadcast our support for workers on the job and play an important role in protecting their right to a private ballot.