Porky's: The Next Phase

The battle against forced unionism has begun a new phase.

Even though Big Labor suffered setbacks in the 2010 elections, their forced-dues political machine is in place to keep their grip on the White House in 2012 -- and they have the resources to roll back the gains made by pro-Right to Work forces in 2010.

Meanwhile, the Obama Administration is eager to deliver new forced unionism privileges to the union bosses through bureaucratic maneuvers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Department of Labor, and elsewhere.

These are just a few of the reasons why it’s vital that you renew, for 2011, your support for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

With Big Labor desperate to seize new powers, it’s absolutely critical we start the New Year on a solid footing.

Thanks to you, Jim, the Foundation’s strategic legal program has been winning important battles -- and you can bet 2011 will bring many more defensive battles our way.

In spite of the union bosses’ forced-dues political might, the courts are the one branch of government they don’t yet control. That makes the Foundation’s legal program the critical last line of defense as the union bosses try to reshape America:

* Big Labor and the Obama Administration will work behind closed doors to ram through more forced unionism power grabs in 2011, including Card Check Instant Organizing and other special privileges. AFL-CIO czar Richard Trumka knows the coming year will be his best shot to extend Big Labor’s power.

* The union bosses are also pressing the Obama Administration to pack the federal bureaucracy and the judiciary with forced unionism acolytes. The Foundation is working to expose these nominees.

* Union lobbyists are making a full court press in state legislatures to grab more power, including efforts to eliminate or curb Right to Work laws nationwide. Their ultimate goal is repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, thereby wiping out all 22 state Right to Work laws by federal fiat.

Make no mistake: The union bosses are still bent on seizing new powers over America’s workers regardless of the consequences for our nation -- greater unemployment and economic devastation, a calamitous increase in the national debt, and corruption of our political system.

The Foundation needs your support in 2011 like never before.

All across America, union boss power grabs are striking a devastating blow to our economy and our freedoms.

With your help, Foundation attorneys must be prepared to push a blizzard of new legal attacks in 2011 against Big Labor to block new and unconstitutional laws, to stop Card Check Forced Unionism, to defend state Right to Work laws, and to prevent union bosses from seizing workers’ dues money to steal the 2012 elections.

You should be encouraged about what you and I accomplished together in 2010. Implementing our U.S. Supreme Court victory in Davenport v. Washington Education Association (WEA), Foundation attorneys forced the WEA union to refund a quarter million dollars to nearly 9,000 teachers.

But without the ongoing support of concerned Americans like you, the Foundation could not stand in the breach with a proven legal strategy to defeat Big Labor’s brazen power grabs.

Without you, the Foundation’s program could not move forward.

Sincerely,

Mark Mix