Wilson Opposes Efforts to Strip Workers of Right to Privacy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2009

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement as Democrats introduced the “Employee Free Choice Act” – job-killing legislation that strips American workers of their right to a secret ballot election when choosing to join a union.

“At a time when our economy is in trouble, this bill would cost our country thousands of additional jobs and diminish the fundamental right to privacy for hard working Americans. Rather than protecting employees, it invites coercion and intimidation into the workplace by forcing employees to make their approval or disapproval of unionization fodder for public scrutiny. It is a step backwards for employee rights, and a painful shot to our already troubled economy.”

Congressman Wilson recently spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about the Secret Ballot Protection Act (H.R. 1176) – commonsense legislation co-sponsored by Congressman Wilson that would preserve the right of every worker to a secret ballot election when deciding whether or not to join a union.

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