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Congress should preserve secret ballot voting for union-organizing elections.

The Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 would fundamentally change thenature of the relationship between unions, employers, and employees. The only reason to eliminate the secret ballot in unionelections is to give union leaders and managers the power tomanipulate individual workers to guarantee the success of the unionand not to reflect the true choices of the employees.

Congress should ensure that job growth continues by rejectingpolicies that would put workers and employers at a disadvantage inthe free market.

February continued the miserable string of poor employment reports by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The most jarring number is the unemployment rate, which increased by a half a percentage point to 8.1 percent. The payroll survey reported that non-farm employment fell by 651,000 jobs, roughly in line with expectations. February Report

In 2010, for the first time ever, the United States has fallen from the ranks of the economically “free” as measured by the Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, falling below the cutoff that earns countries the right to call themselves “free.” The status of the United States today? “Mostly free.” The reason? Notable decreases in financial freedom, monetary freedom, and property rights. The U.S. scores particularly badly in areas where the government has taken too large and intrusive a role. This decline must be revers...