'Card Check' Forced-Unionism

109th Congress

To most Americans, the term "card check" means nothing.

But to union bosses, this term potentially means billions of extra dollars collected in forced union dues, above and beyond the $7 billion in forced dues and "fees" that unions already report collecting each year on forms filed with the U.S. Labor Department.

Card checks empower union bosses to force a business's employees to accept a union as their exclusive bargaining agent solely through the acquisition of signed union authorization cards from employees in a particular bargaining unit. Since union officials themselves keep the signed cards until they obtain the required number, workers have no real privacy rights vis-à-vis Big Labor in this process. And under the watchful eyes of union organizers, workers may be intimidated into signing not just themselves, but all their nonunion fellow employees, over to union-boss control.

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Federal Legislation

BillPositionDescriptionStatus
H 874 Support Secret Ballot Protection Act Text/Status
H 1696 Oppose Card Check Forced Unionism Text/Status
S 842 Oppose Card Check Forced Unionism Text/Status
S 1173 Support Secret Ballot Protection Act Text/Status

Fact Sheets

» Big Labor 'Card Check' Schemes Rife With Abuses

December 5, 2005 - Union Bosses' Mistrust of Workers Causes Tactic to Spread (PDF viewer required to view this document)

Right to Work Newsletter Articles

» 'We're Going to Move on Card Check'

December 4, 2006 - Legislative Showdown Looms in Wake of Big Labor Election Sweep (PDF viewer required to view this document)

» Compulsory-Unionism Issue in the Spotlight

October 9, 2006 - Rivals in Key Senate Races Have Opposing Views on Right to Work (PDF viewer required to view this document)

» Bullets, Rocks, Bricks . . . and 'Card Checks'!

September 25, 2006 - Teamster Kingpins Adopt New Organizing Strategy at UPS Freight (PDF viewer required to view this document)

» Why Companies Kowtow to Big Labor 'Card Checks'

July 10, 2006 - Taxpayer Money Used to Browbeat Hotel/Convention Center Operator (PDF viewer required to view this document)

» Committee Assails 'Card Check' Forced Unionism

December 7, 2005 - Mobilized Members Wage Campaign For Enactment of H.R.874/S.1173 (PDF viewer required to view this document)

» New Bill Would Ban 'Card Check' Forced Unionism

April 1, 2005 - Committee Endorses H.R.874 as a 'Step in the Right Direction' (PDF viewer required to view this document)

» Committee Unveils New 'Agenda For Freedom'

January 1, 2005 - Congressional Votes on Right to Work Bill Are Still #1 Objective (PDF viewer required to view this document)