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Card-check tricks in the California Capitol

By: Katy Grimes 04/24/11 8:30 PM
Last week Assembly Speaker John Perez suspended the public notice rule for legislative hearings, allowing an Assembly committee to conduct a surprise hearing on a “card check” bill, and voted to pass it to the next committee. That is not the only sleight of hand going on in the quest to eliminate the secret ballot for union representation. Read More

If state Dems get their way, it might be bye-bye secret ballot

By: Katy Grimes 03/20/11 11:00 PM
State Democrats are again trying to eliminate the secret-ballot vote for union certification. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg describes his latest measure as “the alternative electoral method for choosing collective bargaining representatives.” It is that, and a lot more. Read More

Election year was disastrous for unions from coast to coast

By: Mark Hemingway 12/21/10 1:01 AM
As the year ends, many people are looking back on 2010 as a historic time of political upheaval. But one of the year’s biggest political developments has been mostly overlooked. If voters sent one message loudly and consistently, it is this: They do not like unions. The American electorate availed itself of almost every chance to take a whack at organized labor. Read More

Good news: ‘Card check’ now illegal in four states

By: Mark Hemingway 11/07/10 10:00 PM
Though largely ignored by the national election coverage, last week’s there were four state ballot measures relating to ‘card check’ — a method of organizing a union that does away with the secret ballot in union elections and instead forces people to publicly sign a card saying they support unionization. Read More

Major business coalitions urging National Labor Relations Board to preserve secret ballots, instead of ‘card check’ for union elections

By: Mark Hemingway 10/30/10 7:00 PM
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. Read More

Voters in four states voting to preserve secret ballots in union elections

By: Mark Hemingway 10/19/10 7:00 PM
The Wall Street Journal notes that voters in four states have a chance to preserve secret ballots in union elections: Big Labor’s dream to end secret ballots in union organizing elections has faded in the 111th Congress, but now the battle turns to the states. Citizens in Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah will vote on November 2 on ballot initiatives to block union “card check” elections in their states. Read More

Obama to AFL-CIO: I’ll ‘keep on fighting’ to pass card check bill

By: Mark Hemingway 08/03/10 12:00 AM
The Hill: President Obama told the AFL-CIO on Wednesday that he would “keep on fighting” to pass the controversial “card check” bill. Read More

New York carpenters union head pleads guilty to racketeering charges

By: Mark Hemingway 07/28/10 12:00 AM
Surprise! Corruption is still a major problem in organized labor: After years of fighting criminal charges, the former head of the union that represents carpenters in New York City pleaded guilty on Wednesday to taking part in a racketeering scheme stretching back over a decade, the authorities said. Read More

As Obama kowtows, unions eye the private sector

By: Michael Barone 07/14/10 12:00 AM
One of the interesting things about the Obama administration is the strange dominance of labor unions. Yes, Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders do owe the unions something: Unions gave $400 million to Democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle, and they expect to get something in return. Read More

Card-check lives: ‘A lot of things can happen in a lame-duck session’

By: David Freddoso 06/23/10 12:00 AM
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is so determined to reward Democrats’ labor union donors that he is now openly discussing the possibility of passing pro-union legislation after voters have already rendered a verdict on the union-friendly 111th Congress. “A lot of things can happen in a lame-duck session,” he told The Hill today. Read More
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