The forced unionism question

Mark Mix:

The question is simple: Do you think the federal government should force millions of workers to pay union dues or be fired?

Every presidential candidate should answer that question.

We know where President Obama stands. His record shows that he will use the White House as a tool to expand forced unionism.

In just under three years, Obama and his pro-forced-unionism allies nearly passed the "card check" bill to eliminate the secret ballot in unionization elections and the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Unionization Act designed to force all of America's first responders under union control; punished Boeing for starting up a manufacturing plant in a right-to-work state; and use the federal bureaucracy to restrict workers' and small businesses' ability to resist unwanted unionization.

And all over the country we've seen union militants go wild (storming government buildings, fleeing the state to avoid the law, and intimidating elected representatives) whenever officials dared to rein in Big Labor's costly power and privileges.

With our nation's economy teetering, the stock market gyrating, unemployment rates nearing double digits, and government spending and debt soaring, the last thing our nation needs is more disruptive strikes, escalating union violence and shuttered companies.

That's why it's vital Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and every Republican presidential candidate unite in opposition to forced unionism and support every American's sacred right to work.

To that end, the National Right to Work Committee has mailed each of the candidates a comprehensive survey asking them to pledge support for the right to work and opposition to compulsory unionism. The survey asks them to publicly state their opposition to card check and the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Unionization Act. But of particular importance is question No. 1, which asks candidates whether they would support enactment of a national right-to-work law.

The fact is compulsory unionism is rooted in the sections of federal law which force workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment. The only way to cure that problem is to repeal those sections of federal law. The National Right to Work Act doesn't add a single word to federal law. Instead it repeals the forced-unionism federal mandate imposed on the states.

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I think all of them oppose forced union membership.  I know Gov. Perry thinks Texas right to work law makes it an attractive place for business to locate.  We need to make that true for the country.