As we have reported for a number of months, the Democrats are eager to pass the Employee Free Choice Act and have a new Democratic president sign it into law. We were, therefore, surprised to learn that a number of Democratic members of the House of Representatives have urged the Mexican government to utilize secret ballot elections in union organizing campaigns. Their reason for endorsing secret ballot elections is that such elections prevent the intimidation of workers.
And we agree with that.
Yet, those same Democratic representatives want to do away with secret ballot elections for U.S. workers, so that unions can organize ever larger numbers of workers. And the use of card checks will, no doubt, be accompanied by a certain amount of intimidation.
Why do congressional representatives prefer check cards in the U.S. and secret ballot elections in Mexico?
The reason is apparent: unions are spending millions of dollars to ensure that Democrats control both houses of congress as well as the White House. In other words, where there are unions, there are money and votes for the Democrats. And since there are no U.S. elections in Mexico, the House representatives have no interest in generating greater union membership south of the border.
So much for the principled consistency.
