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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.03.22 - 9348Miscellaneous Resolution #07066 BY: Commissioner Robert M. Gosselin, District #13 RE: Board of Commissioners — Free Elections for Workers TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen: Whereas the so called "Employee Free Choice Act - legislation being considered by the U.S. Congress is misleading and is being used to place undue pressure on members of the United States House of Representative by special interest for personal gain; and Whereas union leaders' efforts to eliminate secret-ballot elections for workers be they union or non-union, allow too great an opportunity for abuse through manipulation, peer-pressure, threat and/or fraud; and Whereas legislating "Card Check" will result in an unfair advantage for union organizing, namely by eliminating the secret ballot in union elections, and will instead allow thuggery to openly bully workers into signing cards; and Whereas unions that already exist legally will not be helped by "Card Check" legislation, and such legislation will steal away the right of employees to vote in private and will deny employers the opportunity to participate in the election process; and Whereas the National Labor Relations Board has held fair elections; and has operated in an orderly fashion to conduct these fair elections with no complaints; and Whereas a majority of union members agree: In 2004, a Zogby International poll of union members found that 78 % of those members wanted Congress to keep secret-ballot elections and protect them from unnecessary pressure to sign "Cards" to form a union; and 90% of the public thinks "Card Check" is unnecessary and even harmful; and Whereas labor unions and their political allies have championed union secret ballot elections for 70 years and now are abandoning that proclaimed success in support of legislation that will effectively diminish union integrity. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is opposed to "Card Check" legislation because of the un-American restriction to voting by secret ballot. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners respectfully requests Oakland County Clerk, Ruth Johnson, to forward copies of this adopted resolution to Governor Jennifer Granholm, Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop, and other Oakland County Senators, Speaker of the House Andy Dillon, and other Oakland County State Representatives and Oakland County Congressmen. Chairperson, we move the adopjfon of the foregoin. Reillution. Commissioner Robert l. Ciosselin District 413 Commissioner Bill Bullard, Jr., District #2 Commissioner Hugh D. Crawford, District #9 Chairperson Vice Chairperson Commissioner Tim Bums Commissioner Eric Coleman District #19 District #23 Commissioner David Coulter Commissioner Sue Ann Douglas District #25 District 412 Commissioner Marcia Gershetison Commissioner Michael J. Gingell District 417 District 43 Commissioner Vincent Gregory Commissioner Tim Greimel District #21 District #11 Commissioner Mattie Hatcheu Commissioner Bradford C. Jacobsen District #10 District 41 Commissioner Eileen T. Kowall Commissioner Christine Long District #6 District 47 Commissioner Thomas F. Middleton Commissioner Jim Nash District #4 District #15 Commissioner Jeff Potter Commissioner David W. Potts District 48 District 414 Commissioner Mike Rogers Commissioner John A. Scott District #14 District #5 Commissioner Karen Spector Commissioner George W. Suarez District 416 District 424 Commissioner Dave Woodward Commissioner Helaine Zack District #18 District 422 Resolution #07066 March 22. 2007 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.