Card checks represent a threat to the viability of Corporate America, and that threat has manifested itself at the University of Miami.
Some employees want a union, but others do not. The union, SEIU, had failed to file a petition to have the NLRB conduct a secret ballot election for university workers, which – of course – is a regulation to determine if a majority of workers want a union to represent them.
The reason the SEIU did not file a petition is because it wanted to represent all of the workers through the procedure known as “card checks.” Card checks invite union coercion and even threats, while in some cases signed cards can have forged signatures.
This is another instance of a union wanting to overwhelm anti-union workers. If card checks are permitted to replace secret ballot elections, unions will not only coerce workers into being represented by unions, but they will also hold a gun to the head of Corporate America. It reminds me of the last election held by Saddam Hussein, when he received 99 % of the vote.
