Statement Brings Hope for Opposing Card Check Via Regulation WASHINGTON, D.C. // December 14, 2010 // Today, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) released the following statement in response to Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) recent comments on the importance of secret ballot elections for leadership positions in the nation’s senior legislative chamber: "We welcome […]

There was seemingly one loud message from last week’s election: Washington, get out of the way! But there were important footnotes in the voters’ pink slip for the last Congress, and incoming legislators would do well to heed the public’s desire for big government and big labor to step back and allow the free enterprise […]

In South Carolina, the union-organizing measure had 86% with all precincts having reported. The measure would curtail labor unions’ organizing power by requiring that union votes be held by anonymous ballot. In recent years, unions have preferred to use informal “card check” elections to avoid the time-consuming process of formal, anonymous elections. Voters in Arizona, […]

Employees interested in forming a union in Arizona may find the process a little lengthier after voters approved a proposition requiring a secret ballot vote. Unofficial returns Tuesday night showed Proposition 113 passing with a wide lead.

As millions of Americans head to the polls to exercise their right to vote privately in today’s elections, the National Labor Relations Board is considering whether to roll back the right to a secret ballot in union organizing in favor of card check.

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and More Than 225 Business Groups File Brief In Card Check Case

Ronald E. Meisburg, a Republican and former general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, predicted that if a Republican-controlled House cripples labor-backed legislative efforts to make it easier for workers to unionize, the Democratic-controlled labor board might take administrative steps. Mr. Meisburg noted that one Democratic labor-board member recently proposed making a change in […]

Currently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is considering a case that could seriously undermine the right to secret ballots in union elections, as opposed to the “card check” method of counting worker support for unionization that unions have been agitating for. In respsonse, the business community has released a brief today signed by 225 […]

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and More Than 225 Business Groups File Brief In Card Check Case WASHINGTON, D.C. // NOVEMBER 1, 2010 // The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) today released a brief signed by more than 225 U.S. business groups urging the National Labor Relations Board to protect employees’ rights to a […]

In a new paper, Richard B. Freeman, a labor economist at Harvard, said he had some “harsh and impolitic” news for the National Labor Relations Act on its 75th anniversary. He declared that the law “has become an anachronism irrelevant for most workers and firms.”

As the nation celebrates the 3-day holiday weekend to honor its workforce, the National Labor Relations Board is quietly moving to circumvent the right of workers to secret ballot elections.  A review by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) of critical pending cases has revealed concrete examples of the Board’s efforts to implement card-check […]