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COALITION FOR A DEMOCRATIC WORKPLACE CALLS ON LABOR SECRETARY NOMINEE HILDA SOLIS TO PROTECT WORKER PRIVACY AND SECRET BALLOT ELECTIONS

Group to make anti-worker Employee Free Choice Act Key Issue in Confirmation Hearings

 

Solis

Deciding whether to preserve the long-standing democratic right to a private ballot will be one of the key issues that will define an Obama Administration in the first two years. The new Administration and the new Congress will face its first true test early next year in the form of the anti-worker Employee Free Choice Act -- that allows unionization without secret ballots for workers. This Act, more aptly titled the Employee "Forced" Choice Act, is nothing short of a full-frontal assault on American democracy and worker privacy.

 

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Union Spin on Secret Ballots vs. The Truth

Al Franken and his union boss allies are falsely claiming that the so-called Employee Free Choice Act does not end secret ballots in union organizing elections.

They are not telling the truth. But don't take our word for it. Click here to find out more.

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CDW is working to permanently defeat the "card check" legislation that would take away the private ballot, and to let Members of Congress and presidential candidates know not only how harmful it is, but that we will hold them responsible for how they vote. The success or failure of this issue will be determined by our ability to make our voice heard. We need your help to fight this legislation now.

We must protect the private ballot!
 
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

"Battle Deepens Over Union Organizing" by Michael A. Fletcher

Monday, December 8, 2008

"Card Check to Create a Colossal Clash" by Matthew Murray

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

CDW Launches New Print Advertising Campaign Against Anti-Worker Employee Free Choice Act

In the wake of new economic data detailing the country's troubling fiscal condition, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) launched a new advertising campaign about the economic impact of the anti-worker Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). More aptly titled the Employee "Forced" Choice Act, the legislation will effectively remove secret ballots for workers in union organizing elections and bind employers to contracts that inhibit their ability to create much-needed new jobs. Download the ad.   more...

Friday, November 21, 2008

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Calls on Congress to Oppose Anti-Worker Employee Free Choice Act

The 500-member Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) today released a letter it delivered to Capitol Hill late yesterday.  In the letter, CDW urged members of the Senate and House "to oppose all efforts to pass any provision included in the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA H.R. 800/S. 1041 in the 110th Congress)."  more...
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