{"id":8316,"date":"2011-01-15T18:26:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T23:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=8316"},"modified":"2011-01-15T18:26:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T23:26:16","slug":"nlrb-pushing-card-check-through-the-back-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/8316\/nlrb-pushing-card-check-through-the-back-door\/","title":{"rendered":"NLRB Pushing Card Check Through the Back Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s more proof the Obama Administration is bent on destroying the sovereignty of states.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_UNIONS_SECRET_BALLOTS?SITE=NYONI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"_blank\">National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is threatening to sue<\/a> South Dakota, Utah, South Carolina, and, of course, Arizona, unless their attorneys general say new state laws protecting secret ballots for union elections are unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The NLRB construes its enabling legislation to allow employees to unionize if a majority signs cards stating that desire.\u00a0 That process is called \u201ccard check\u201d and allows union organizers to bypass secret ballots that protect the identities of those who don\u2019t want the union.\u00a0 All four states passed laws last November 2<sup>nd<\/sup> to guarantee workers in their borders of the right to a secret ballot.\u00a0 Now, the NLRB says those laws conflict with current federal law, even though card check has not passed into legislation because it\u2019s overwhelmingly opposed in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In effect, the pro-union forces running the NRLB are trying to do through administrative fiat what they can\u2019t get passed through the legislative process.\u00a0 Unless each state\u2019s attorney general agrees with the NRLB in writing that the new law is unconstitutional, the NRLB will sue the states in federal court.\u00a0 This is the same strategy the Obama Justice Department is using to challenge Arizona\u2019s anti-illegal immigration law Senate Bill 1070.<\/p>\n<p>But tortured legal arguments can\u2019t trump common sense:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said he believes the state is on solid ground. He plans to coordinate a response with the other three states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they want to bring a lawsuit, then bring it,&#8221; Shurtleff said. &#8220;We believe that a secret ballot is as fundamental a right as any American has had since the beginning of this country. We want to protect the constitutional rights of our citizens.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What\u2019s next in Obamaland?\u00a0 Test oaths?<\/p>\n<p>H\/T: Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s more proof the Obama Administration is bent on destroying the sovereignty of states.\u00a0 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is threatening to sue South Dakota, Utah, South Carolina, and, of course, Arizona, unless their attorneys general say new state laws protecting secret ballots for union elections are unconstitutional. 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