CITIZENS OPT FOR SECRET BALLOT UNION ELECTIONS
According to a survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) conducted from March 31 to April 7, 81% of US citizens support the use of secret ballots for employees when it comes to accepting or rejecting union representation. When the survey was conducted solely amongst union members, the number choosing secret ballot elections rather than card checks was even higher! It was 84%.
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which Congress will soon begin debating, is designed to do away with secret ballot elections in union organizing elections. Secret ballot elections have been integral to all organizing efforts since 1935 when Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act. If the EFCA becomes law, the NLRB would then have to recognize a new union if a majority of workers sign cards authorizing union representation.
Replacing secret ballot elections with card check will certainly open the door for union organizers to intimidate and coerce reluctant employees to join unions.
We hope that President Obama and the U.S. Congress are listening to the voices of citizens, for it is those citizens that the government represents.
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