(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quietly signed a bill that requires companies receiving state incentives to allow employees to vote on union representation using secret ballots.
Senate Bill 362 says companies that receive taxpayer-backed economic development incentives cannot voluntarily “grant recognition rights” solely with “signed labor organization authorization cards” and must instead use a secret ballot. It also requires companies receiving taxpayer-funded incentives to agree they won’t share employees’ personal contact information with union organizers without written consent.
“Georgia is a right-to-work state, plain and simple and Georgia workers being pressured to unionize through coercive tactics is not acceptable,” said Garrison Douglas, a spokesperson for the governor. “While some continue to put the desires of union bosses first, we are putting workers first by ensuring their right to a secret ballot is protected.”
Georgia Democrats say the measure violates the 1935 National Labor Relations Act
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