Workers to unions: We're just not that into you

Two years ago the Obama-stacked National Mediation Board overturned a decades-old rule on railroad and union elections that requires a majority of workers, not a majority of votes cast, to organize a work force.

But as Katie Gage writes in today's Townhall, people are still voting with their feet on unions.

Yet AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and other labor bosses keep pushing.

All of this comes on the heels of workers and small businesses thwarting efforts by union bosses to undo democratic staples like the secret ballot. In the last session of Congress, elected officials supported and financed by labor organizations introduced the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act (EFCA).

The legislation would have effectively eliminated the secret ballot by instituting a card check process allowing organizers to coerce and intimidate workers forcing them to support unionization. And after the collective bargaining unit had been formed through fear and harassment, the bill required binding arbitration empowering the government to mandate contract terms on employees and employers alike without their consent.

The legislation was soundly rejected on Capitol Hill by elected representatives on behalf of their constituents sending a message to Big Labor that said, "don't call us, we'll call you."

So I have a message for Mr. Trumka and his Big Labor boss pals as they work to force workers into their ranks against their will: "Sorry guys, they're just not that into you."

Last month the House of Representatives passed a bill that puts the old rule in place.

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