New Legislation Would Deny Workers the Right to Secret Ballot Elections in the Workplace
Under the card check process, the identity of workers who signed (or refused to sign) organizing cards would be made public to the union organizers, the worker’s employer and co-workers, leaving workers vulnerable to threats and intimidation from union bosses, management, or both.
“The printing industry is strongly against the so-called ‘Employee Free Choice Act,’” stated Lisbeth Lyons, Vice President of Government Affairs, Printing Industries of America (PIA). “Workers in our industry deserve the right to make these decisions free of any outside intimidation, whether from the union or from management. We believe that the only way to guarantee worker protection is through the continued use of federally supervised secret ballot elections so that personal decisions about whether to join a union remain private.”
- People:
- George Miller
- Lisbeth Lyons
- Places:
- Washington, DC