Dan Maffei's Big Payback to Big Labor

In one of his first official acts as a congressman, Dan Maffei has co-sponsored the Orwellian-sounding Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). If passed, this piece of legislation would remove secret ballot protections from union elections. Employees would need to sign a card publicly revealing their intentions. This would allow union representatives to know which employees do not support the formation of a union in their workplace, enabling unions to use intimidation and other tactics to coerce those employees into signing. EFCA is Big Labor’s top legislative priority. If EFCA passes, the AFL-CIO and related unions will be able to pressure their way into workplace environments that are currently not represented by unions, thereby consolidating their stranglehold over American workers. Why would Dan Maffei co-sponsor such an undemocratic bill that would strip workers of their right to secret ballot? The answer is simple. Big Labor and its assocaites funded Maffei’s campaign with hundreds of thousands of dollars and mobilized its members in order to get him elected. Now, they want their payback and Maffei is in their debt. During his campaign, Dan Maffei promised that he would stand up to special interests in Washington, but the truth is that Maffei is deep in their pockets. Expect to see more of this from our newly-minted congressman.