Faced with steadily declining membership, public and private labor unions alike are trying harder than ever to increase their political power. Americans deserve a right to work without being coerced into paying union dues against their wills. In order to preserve workplace freedom, we need to fight for secret ballots, Right to Work laws and paycheck protection for both public and private sector employees.
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In 1996, after seeing federal welfare policy fail to help the poor for 60 years, our leaders in Washington decided it was time to try something new. They boldly passed a welfare reform law that ended the legal entitlement to cash handouts, required many to work in order to receive money, and gave states the flexibility to design their own programs.
