Earlier this week, Rep. George Miller (D-CA-duh), introduced a bill that would effectively divorce union authorization elections from any notion of democracy. Needless to say, dozens of pro-union Democrats instantly signed on in support of the bill.

Pat Cleary has all of the details, but it comes down to this: the unions want to do away with the secret ballot when workers are deciding whether or not to authorize a union to represent them.

It’s a terrible idea, but unfortunately, precisely the kind of thing we’re likely to see more of from the union-owned Democrats in Congress.

Ah, but this story has a delicious angle. It seems that not too long ago, Congressman Miller and some colleagues dispatched a letter to a Mexican provincial government urging them to adopt secret ballots in union elections. Hmmmm. I hope you got a good price for your principles, Mr. Miller.

UPDATE: Pat Cleary, the master of all things card check, has his “master opus” on the issue up at Human Events here.