Commentary
This month, Tennessee legislators are finalizing a first-in-the-nation bill that guarantees workers a secret ballot in unionization elections.
The bill, which applies to workplaces that receive economic incentives from the state, means that employees will get to decide in private whether they want union representation. And their decision won’t be used against them in the workplace.
It’s a bold step toward curbing worker intimidation.
Absent a secret-ballot election, employees can face a very different situation. Labor unions prefer an organizing approach known as card check. This petition process sets union organizers out to collect the requisite number of signatures needed to unionize the workplace….