Federal Issues

Employee Free FORCED Choice Act

SPEAK OUT

Talk about the Employee Forced Choice Act in Your Community

The union bosses call it the “Free Choice” act, but we know it’s a FORCED choice. Now your friends, neighbors, business associates and employees need to know.

The Forced Choice Act Takes Away the Secret Ballot in the Workplace

Making your choice by secret ballot is a sacred American tradition – a tradition that would be stripped away by the FORCED Choice Act. Workers could lose a secret ballot vote on whether to have a union. And they might even lose a secret ballot vote on ratifying a contract, under a provision that lets a Washington appointed arbitrator impose a contract on your company and its employees. It’s undemocratic; it’s un-American. That’s just wrong.

It’s Times Like This, May Workers Can’t Afford the Steep Union Dues

In this difficult economy, many workers can’t afford the $300-$600 per year in forced union dues. And it’s wrong to make worked pay dues they can’t afford, to a union they don’t want, and not even give them a secret ballot election vote on it.

Our Economy Needs This Like a Hole in the Head

All too often, unions go too far in pushing their demands and refusing to compromise. That makes it hard for businesses to compete, forces companies to shut their doors, and drives up the prices paid by cash-strapped consumers. Rigging the rules to benefit the union bosses comes with a steep price: another blow to the economy when we can afford it least.

WHAT CAN YOU DO

3 Things You Can Do to Stop the Employee FORCED Choice Act

Union bosses don’t want America talking about and debating their plan to take away the secret ballot in the workplace, because that’s a debate they can’t win. It’s our job to make sure Americans know what the union bosses are trying to do – and that our U.S. Senators hear our voices too. Here’s what you can do:

1. Contact your U.S. Senators

Your Senators can stop the “FORCED” Choice Act dead in its tracks, but they’re on the receiving end of union pressure and intimidation – just like YOU would be under EFCA. So they need to hear from you. Your Senators need to know that business owners and employees want to preserve the secret ballot.

2. Write a Letter to the Editor

The Letters to the Editor column in your local paper attracts a lot of attention, and it’s a perfect place to get your community talking about the “FORCED” Choice Act and our drive to preserve the secret ballot in the workplace.

3. Speak Out

Talk to your family and neighbors about this. If you belong to community organizations, speak out there. Don’t miss a chance to bow the whistle on union bosses’ campaign to take away the secret ballot and rig the rules for their own benefit.

YOUR CONGRESSMEN NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU

Click here to download sample letters you can write to your Congressman. They are hearing the demands of the union bosses.

Now they need to hear from us.

Senator Richard Shelby
110 Hart Senate Office Building,
Washington, DC 20510-0103
Phone: 202-224-5774
Fax: 202-224-3416
E-mail: senator@shelby.senate.gov

Senator Jeff Sessions
335 Russell Senate Office Building,
Washington, DC 20510-0104
Phone: 202-224-4124
Fax: 202-224-3149

Congressman Robert Aderholt
1433 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4876
Fax: 202-225-5587

Congressman Spencer Bachus
2246 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4921
Fax: 202-225-2082

Congressman Jo Bonner
2236 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4931
Fax: 202-225-0562

Congressman Bobby Bright
1205 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2901
Fax: 202-225-8913

Congressman Artur Davis
208 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2667

Congressman Parker Griffith
417 Cannon Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4801
Fax: 202-225-4392

Congressman Mike Rogers
324 Cannon House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3261
Fax: 202-226-8485

LET THE COMMUNITY HEAR FROM YOU

Click here to download sample letters to the editor. Write a letter today. And when you read union propaganda in the letters, respond. The more people know about this issue the more opposed they are. America is on our side, so make sure your community knows what’s at stake.

ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE “FORCED” CHOICE ACT

With little attention from the mainstream media, union bosses have been trying to force through Congress a new law that could change the workplace as we know it, and strip workers of the sacred American right to a secret ballot. Here’s what you need to know about the bill they deceptively call the “Employee Free Choice Act.”

No Secret Ballot for Union Organizing

Current law allows companies to petition for a federally supervised secret ballot election on whether to have a union in their workplace. This would allow employers and union organizers to make their case to the workers. The workers could cast their vote for or against a union —in private. Union bosses want to get rid of the secret ballot and instead install a union if a majority of workers can be pressured into signing authorization cards. We all know the long record of union pressure and intimidation. Now picture the full force of a union drive on your workers, and think about how a union could be established in your workplace without you even knowing it’s coming.

A Washington Appointed Arbitrator Could Impose a Contract

Once they force a union on you, you better get over the shock quickly because the clock is ticking. You have just 90 days to give in to the union’s demands for contract terms. If you don’t, an “arbitrator” appointed by a federal bureaucrat in Washington will impose a contract on you and your employees. When that happens your employees don’t get a secret ballot vote on contract ratification either. You and your employees have to live with the contract for two years, whether you like it or not.

Everybody Loses – Except for the Union Bosses

If a majority of workers can be pressured into signing authorization cards — and with no secret ballot to protect them the employees can be required to have dues extracted from their paychecks. It will cost employers a bundle too.

In most cases, you won’t even know about the underground union organizing until it is all over. If you’re lucky enough to find out before it’s too late, employers are under severe restrictions about what they can say during the union organization drive — and the Employee “Forced” Choice Act would impose huge new penalties for business owners who do speak out. The union bosses just sit back and watch the money roll in.

But this law has already passed the House of Representatives by a fairly wide vote of 241-185 and in the Senate it received 51 votes – not enough to break a filibuster against it. With a few more Senate votes and a President who would sign the bill (Senator Obama voted for it; Senator McCain opposed), this bill is very much at the tipping point as we head into November Senate and Presidential elections and a new Administration.

American’s Against Food Tax

A coalition of groups have started a website to protest any tax increases on food and beverages.

Americans Against Food Taxes is a coalition of concerned citizens – responsible individuals, financially strapped families, small and large businesses in communities across the country – opposed to the Government’s proposed tax hike on food and beverages, including soda and juice drinks.

The coalition has twin primary aims:

1) To promote a healthy economy and healthy lifestyles by educating Americans about smart solutions that rely upon science, economic realities and common sense; and
2) To prevent the enactment of this regressive and discriminatory tax that will not teach our children how to have a healthy lifestyle, and will have no meaningful impact on child behavior or public health, but will have a negative impact on American families struggling in this economy.

Website: http://www.nofoodtaxes.com/