Conway Supports Forced Unionism

Posted in: Card Check, Jack Conway, Jobs

Jack Conway, in his interview with the far-left DailyKos, admitted that he supports the “Employee Free Choice Act” which is a nicer sounding name for Card Check.

Card Check strips workers of their right to a secret ballot. Under this system, signers could be easily coerced to sign through intimidation and pressure, making it an inaccurate mechanism for determining employee support for unionization.

The Chamber of Commerce notes:

Under the existing law today, workers have a chance to vote for or against unionization in a private-ballot election that is federally supervised. Under Card Check, if more than 50% of workers at a facility sign a card, the government would have to certify the union, and a private ballot election would be prohibited–even if workers want one. By forcing workers to sign a card in public – instead of vote in private – card check opens the door to intimidation and coercion. Over 70% of voters agree that a private election is better than card check.

The National Restaurant Association lists three points in opposition to card check on its website.

1. A card-check process increases the risk of coercion. When a union tries to organize a workplace, employees sometimes face intimidation and pressure about how they should vote, from the union, management, or both. The best way to protect employees from coercion is through the continued use of a federally supervised, private-ballot process.

2. Private ballots are a basic American right. The entire American system is based on respect for individual liberty and democracy. If Congress passes this proposal, they will strip away the protections that federally protected, democratic elections provide for American workers.

3. An employee’s decision to join a union should be made in private. Employees should not have to reveal to anyone — employers or unions — how they exercise their right to choose whether to organize with their co-workers in a union. Moving to a card-check process rather than a federally supervised election tramples on employee privacy. An employee’s decision to join a union should be made in private, protected from any coercion by unions, employers or co-workers.

And the Coalition to Protect Kentucky Jobs released an important video calling on Kentucky’s federal office holders and candidates to oppose the Employee ‘Forced’ Choice Act (EFCA):

Despite all of this, Jack Conway stands with Obama instead of Kentucky workers.

Opposing View – Rand Paul supports the secret ballot and opposed forced unionism.

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