By Doug Bandow,The American Spectator
Card Check will Limit Workers Freedom and Privacy
So far Barack Obama has surprised supporters and opponents alike by choosing centrists for his economic and foreign policy teams. The leading exception is Labor Secretary-designate Rep. Hilda Solis,a long-time supporter of coercive unionism. The principal congressional battle is likely to be over so-called card check,which would allow Big Labor to intimidate its way to increased power.
People obviously should be free to join unions. But the vast majority of Americans choose not to do so,which is why organized labor represents only 7.5 percent of private sector workers.
Of course,Big Labor blames everyone else for its troubles. Evil employers. Economic woes. Unfair laws. So union officials want to fix the game.