Posted on 09/05/2012 5:22:47 PM PDT by inkling
Phoenix—In a strong rebuke to the Obama Administration Wednesday, federal district court Judge Frederick J. Martone ruled that the Secret Ballot Amendment, which protects workers’ right to secret ballot in union-organizing elections, is constitutional.
Drafted by the Goldwater Institute in 2009, the Save Our Secret Ballot amendment was added in 2010 to state constitutions in Arizona, South Dakota, South Carolina, and Utah, by voter majorities ranging from 60 to 86 percent.
The constitutional amendment was sought after President Obama and congressional Democrats attempted to end the use of secret ballots in union-organizing elections and force workers into a system called “card check,” which would make it easier for unions to organize and open up the system to abuse by union organizers.
“Today’s ruling is a huge victory for federalism and the authority of states to protect the rights of their citizens,” declared Clint Bolick, Goldwater Institute Vice President for Litigation. “In the backdrop of continued power grabs by federal agencies like the NLRB, this ruling affirms that vital protections such as the right to secret ballot can remain in place.”
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A true victory for workers’ rights.
I don't need to. Check your definition of "free association." Included therein is the right to enter into contracts. People therefore have an absolute right to select their representatives.
What gives anybody the “Right” to collective bargaining?
What gives you the right to hire a lawyer, real estate agent, or mayor? Free association. It's why "governments are instituted AMONG men." If you don't like it, fire the lot of them. Reagan did.
“I take it you have a problem with the right of free association”
You take it wrong.
“it’s union monopoly”
You’re absolutely right. And what is the unions’ biggest advantage? Not open voting. It’s the so-called “right” to collectively borrow. Free Association would be for the epmloyer to negotiate or not with whomever he wants no matter whether workers unionize or not.
“Work to amend the NRLA and stop your pining”
I reserve along with free association the right to pine. Why can’t we repeal the NRLA? Not practically. I realize we’ll never revisit pre-New Deal days. But morally, I don’t abide the NRLA at all.
“Check your definition of ‘free association.’ Included therein is the right to enter into contracts.”
You don’t seem to know what collective bargaining is.
“People have an absolute right to select their representatives.
Okay, but do employers have to care? That’s the point. Workers can group up and elect representatives all they want. There is no right to have it amount to anything.
Borrow = bargain
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