13: Freedom in the Workplace Other Information:
The current Administration has chosen a different path with regard to labor, clinging to antiquated notions of confrontation
and concentrating power in the Washington offices of union elites. It has strongly supported the anti-business card check
legislation to deny workers a secret ballot in union organizing campaigns and, through the use of Project Labor Agreements,
barred 80 percent of the construction workforce from competing for jobs in many stimulus projects. The current Administration
has turned the National Labor Relations Board into a partisan advocate for Big Labor, using threats and coercion outside the
law to attack businesses and, through “snap elections” and “micro unions,” limit the rights of workers and employers alike.
We will restore the rule of law to labor law by blocking “card check,” enacting the Secret Ballot Protection Act, enforcing
the Hobbs Act against labor violence, and passing the Raise Act to allow all workers to receive well-earned raises without
the approval of their union representative.
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