OK Politicos Weigh In On "Employee Free Choice Act"

Two Of Oklahoma's politicians - one current and the other former - weigh in on the Employee Free Choice Act, or as it's better known "card-check". The measure would allow the formation of unions without a secret vote if a majority of employees sign authorization forms.

From The Hill:

“It inspires both our grass roots and our business allies, so for us it’s a dream issue,” said former National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.).

The issue “incentivizes businesses to invest in the NRCC and in the [NRSC],” Cole said. “It’s stuff particularly your small donors love, and it reminds business why there needs to be a viable Republican Party.” Read more...

From "Save Our Secret Ballot" (www.sosballot.org)

"A few years ago, several of Congress' most liberal members wrote Mexico's government, "We understand that the secret ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However, we feel that the secret ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they might not otherwise choose."

Those same members of Congress then reversed course when American labor union bosses decided to end similar protections for American workers. Why? Because fewer U.S. employees now join unions, those who profit handsomely from union dues want to pressure them into joining. Secret ballots stand in their way.

In 2007, by a 241-185 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to let labor unions bypass the secret ballot process. The measure stalled in the U.S. Senate, but new Senators may push it through soon, and President Barack Obama has pledged to sign this outrageous measure." Read more...