The Facts
The cornerstone of American democracy is at stake. Legislators and regulators in Washington are trying to pull the rights of the private ballot from the working people and give it to the influential minority of the unions. Find out the facts on the misnamed “Employee Free Choice Act,” and efforts to push through “card check” by regulation, the rhetoric union organizers use to intimidate workers, and how this would effect the sanctity of workplace democracy.
Letter Supporting the Secret Ballot from Rep. George Miller to the Mexican Government
(Junta Local de Conciliacion y Arbitraje del Estado de Puebla)
Secret Ballot: Solution to Union Rivalry?
The point of maintaining a secret ballot is to safeguard the right to a vote free of fear or intimidation. Why is it that even when sabotaging each other, unions still remain blind to the importance of why a private ballot in an election is so important? The choice between two unions, and the choice of whether to join a union or not, both cannot be made in good faith without privacy.
