Battle Born PAC Updates tagged 'Card Check'

Democrats' $1.75 Billion Big Labor Windfall

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

The Employee "No" Choice Act would strip workers of their right to vote by secret ballot in union organizing elections, strangle economic growth and allow government bureaucrats to impose union contracts on employees and employers. Employees lose, employers lose, Big Labor bosses win ... who else wins?

Passing the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would result in millions in additional political funds for organized labor over the next 10 years, a business group opposed to the legislati [...]

Card Check's Dirty Little Secret

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

By now, you probably know that Big Labor's card check bill strips workers of their fundamental right to vote by secret ballot in union organizing elections. But it's card check's dirty little secret that is predicted to have a much bigger impact -- binding arbitration.

In fact, binding arbitration is so important to Big Labor that the head of the SEIU is willing to keep the secret ballot in union elections to get this new government mandate:

"I think everybody now agrees [...]

Stopping Card Check

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Our Honorary Chairman, Senator John Ensign, participated in a blogger conference call earlier this week to discuss the importance of stopping card check.

Here's a roundup of the discussion.

National Review's The Corner:

Sen. John Ensign (R, Nev.) spoke in a conference call today with bloggers and reporters about the status of EFCA in the Senate, particularly the mandatory binding arbitration provision to which Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D, Ark.) recently objected. He said he [...]

Card Check Will Damage The Economy

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Check out the Republican Governors Associations' new Web ad about Big Labor's #1 priority -- card check:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX6mE0BjWb4 480x295]

Help Senator Ensign stop the Employee "No" Choice Act by joining the Protect The Secret Ballot Facebook group.

Big Labor Not Giving Up On Card Check

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign discussed the issue of card check and the Employee "No" Choice Act with Human Events. Give it a read over at JohnEnsign.org.

Help Senator Ensign stop the Employee "No" Choice Act by joining the Protect The Secret Ballot Facebook group.

Good For Unions, Bad For America

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Over the weekend, Michael Barone wrote an op-ed about how card check -- the Democrats bill to pay back Big Labor -- "threatens to weaken our staggering economy":

But the most grievous threat to future prosperity may be off-budget -- the inaptly named Employee Free Choice Act. Also known as card check, the legislation would effectively abolish secret ballots in unionization elections. It provides that once a majority of employees had filled out sign-up cards circulated by un [...]

Video: The Battle Over Card Check Has Begun

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Help us protect the secret ballot:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsTG6ET-Y_E 480x295]

And, don't forget to join Senator Ensign's Protect The Secret Ballot Facebook group.

Big Labor Intimidation?

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Trentonian writes about Big Labor's "desperation move" to pass the "insultingly named 'The Employee Free Choice Act'":

The advocates say that card sign-ups are necessary because management intimidation leads employees to vote no in unionization elections. C'mon, now. Employees are intimidated when they cast a secret ballot in an NLRB-monitored election, but they wouldn't be intimidated when, say, approached by three union guys in the parking lot and urged to sign a unionizatio [...]

"'Card Check': A Jobs-Killing Ruse"

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Pittsburgh-Tribune Review writes about the "jobs-killing" effects of card check:

In a robust economy, the union-coddling Employee Free Choice Act would drain job creation. In a severely recessed economy, it would be a death knell.

Legislation that would make it vastly easier for unions to organize -- and essentially eliminate secret ballots in the process -- could cost the U.S. economy hundreds of thousands of jobs, according to an analysis by economist Dr. An [...]

"Big Labor Gets Nasty On 'Card Check'"

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Wall Street Journal offers us insight into Big Labor's intimidation:

Big Labor's drive to eliminate secret ballots for union elections has united American business in opposition, so labor chiefs are putting on the brass knuckles: The new strategy is to threaten companies with government retaliation if they don't stop lobbying against turning U.S. labor markets into Europe.

We wrote on February 13 about the letter from the labor consortium Change to Win to the [...]