The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is at the center of two political scandals. In Illinois, a high ranking SEIU union official appears to have agreed to run the traps for Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attempt to sell off President-elect Obama’s Senate seat. And in Washington, the union has effectively bought off the Democratic party in an effort to pass the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act, which would eliminate a employees' right to vote in private on whether to join a union. [more...]
Union officials have made ending secret ballots for workers deciding whether to join a union their highest legislative priority. Instead of elections, they want a “card check” process that is set up for fraud and is unfair to working Americans. Learn more about the dangers of this union scheme in our new report, “When Voting Isn’t Private: The Union Campaign Against Secret Ballot Elections.” You’ll find out why: