Government Workers As Prisoners to Union Bosses?
Biden Says You Can Only Leave Big Labor One Day Per Year
RIGHT TO WORK EXPERT: Mark Mix, is President of the National Right to Work Committee which is a 2.8-million-member public policy organization. He also serves as President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
Imagine if your right to Freedom of Speech was only applicable for an hour a day. Or if under the Second Amendment, you were only to exercise your right to keep and bear arms only on Saturdays. Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of our Constitution understands that basic rights cannot be arbitrarily limited in this fashion and any proposal seeking to do so, is laughable on its face. But that didn’t stop the Biden administration from proposing a rule that would limit the right of government workers to not join a labor union to just one day a year. If they have their way, you will lose your constitutional rights for 364 days a year.
The Supreme Court was clear in its 2018 Janus v. AFSCME decision that the First Amendment gives government workers the right to abstain from joining a union or paying union dues. The court found (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1466_2b3j.pdf) the forcing workers to join and subsidize a union “violates the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on matters of substantial public concern.” While we believe this principle should extend to private sector employees too, it currently only applies to those employed by the government.
To abide by the Constitution and the Janus decision, the federal government promoted a regulation in 2020 that allows federal employees to stop paying union dues from their paychecks any time one year or more after authorizing such deductions. In a reversal of course, the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is promulgating a rule that would prohibit government workers from leaving a union or ceasing the payment of dues to just one day a year. This is a clear violation of the Janus decision, and if this rule goes into effect, our lawyers will file suit immediately.
Union activists that have pushed the White House to restrict worker’s rights claim repeal of the 2020 rule is necessary to protect the financial interests of labor unions. But that begs the question – when does protecting the financial interests of labor unions over protecting the constitutional rights of workers. It doesn’t and never should.
This action is nothing more than a political power play that rewards the Biden administration’s largest financial benefactors. It has been estimated that union bosses spent almost $2 billion (https://secureservercdn.net/192.169.221.188/i4v.217.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/facts/2020-election-big-labor-is-big-money-politics-nilrr-web-FINAL.pdf) in 2020 alone to elect Joe Biden as president and a Democrat Congress. Much of the political largess was funded by mandatory union dues of workers. Losing the ability to legally take a portion of worker’s salary would impact union coffers. But shouldn’t unions, like everyone else, have to prove their benefits for their members?
BIO: Mark became President of the Committee and Foundation in 2003. Under the leadership of Mr. Mix, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has continued to provide unparalleled free legal assistance to workers and has utilized cutting-edge legal strategies to protect workers from the abuses of compulsory unionism. Mr. Mix frequently appears on national television shows including Fox News Channel’s Your World: With Neil Cavuto, Glenn Beck and Fox & Friends, and has also appeared multiple times on CNBC and CNN. Mr. Mix also often serves as a guest on nationally syndicated radio shows such as the Lars Larson Show, Jason Lewis Show, Michael Reagan Show and the Jim Bohannon Show.
Similarly, Mr. Mix’s writings have appeared in national outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Washington Examiner and National Review. His pieces have also been featured in widely read regional publications across the country including the Detroit Free Press, the Orange County Register, and the Detroit News. Mr. Mix is also a sought-after speaker on political technology and grassroots lobbying tactics. He often travels across the country, speaking and training participants in the political process.
Mark Mix holds a BA in Finance from James Madison University and an Associate Degree in Marketing from the State University of New York. Prior to joining the National Right to Work Committee in 1990, Mr. Mix worked for several state-level Right to Work groups. He joined the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation in 1999.
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Mark Mix, is President of the National Right to Work Committee which is a 2.8-million-member public policy organization. He also serves as President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.