*** State and local governments -- who are already experiencing budget shortfalls during these troubled economic times -- will be forced to pay the salaries and perks of union bosses.

In the Post Office alone, taxpayers have been forced to fund over 1.75 million hours of union organizing.

*** Small communities that depend on volunteer police and firefighters for their safety will be forced to do without them.

Or, communities will have to deal with mammoth tax hikes to pay for union boss-controlled public safety workers.

*** The Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill will do nothing to stop crime or make our communities safer.

On the contrary, forcing police and firefighters under the control of power-mad union bosses tends to drive many of the best men and women out of their jobs.

Big Labor’s dangerous scheme is designed to impose union monopoly bargaining on all state, county and local public safety workers.

That means that no matter what your state and local officials say, every police officer and firefighter in every town and city in the whole country will ultimately be handed over to union boss control.

And if your town won’t go along with that, the Federal Government will step in and turn over your first responders to Big Labor anyway.

And, of course, history shows us police and firefighter monopoly bargaining has all too often led to strikes.

Violent.  Destructive.

Bloody.

This legislation would pit honest taxpayers like you against the very people you count on to protect you.

When your police are ordered out on strike, who will defend your home and loved ones?

When union militants set up picket lines around fire stations, who will put out the fires?

That’s why it’s vital you act TODAY!

The fact is, especially during these troubled economic times, passage of the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill is the LAST thing we need.

Just take a look at California for the results of this madness.

Last year, the City of Vallejo went bankrupt after nearly 75% of its budget was spent on unionized police and firefighters!

And today, despite a $26 billion state budget deficit, out-of-control public sector union bosses aren’t shouldering cuts or taking blame for the problems they’ve caused -- they’re threatening strikes!

In other states where union bosses have been granted monopoly bargaining privileges over public sector workers, we’re seeing the exact same thing.

In fact, the Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, recently stated that these struggling cities are “handcuffed” by public sector monopoly bargaining.

Should Big Labor’s allies ram the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill into law, this kind of dysfunction could be coming to a town or city near you.

Quite simply, passage of the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill could be the last straw for already struggling communities.

You see, a Maryland study conducted by the Department of Fiscal Services found that monopoly bargaining would cost the taxpayers between 1.3 and 1.4 million dollars in annual process costs for only 12 “bargaining units” of state employees.

H.R. 413 and S. 1611 would create an almost unimaginable number of new “bargaining units” at a cost impossible to estimate.

The truth is, in places where Big Labor has control over public employees, union officials guarantee citizens pay more in taxes and get less for their tax money in return.

Union bosses insist on more government spending, block service improvements for taxpayers, and push for outrageous demands that no union boss forcefully “representing” workers in a competitive private business would dare to seek.

The fact is, union bosses have bragged that this power grab is “one of the most far reaching expansions of labor [union boss] rights Congress has considered in decades.”

And I’m afraid they are right -- which is why you and I must act TODAY.

Please sign this petition to Congressional Leadership IMMEDIATELY.

It’s absolutely vital we bury the leaders of the House and Senate in an avalanche of opposition to H.R. 413 and S.1611.

The National Right to Work Committee has a plan to rally a million or more Americans to apply so much pressure that Congress will have little choice but to strangle this monster in its crib.

But the fight begins with people like you.

Your signed petition and most generous contribution are the key to stopping ALL Big Labor attempts to force firefighters and police officers into the fold.

Your contribution and petition will help the National Right to Work Committee:

*** Contact up to six million Americans by mail and telephone asking them to sign petitions to Congressional Leadership -- just like this one;

*** Give personal briefings for hundreds of friendly editors, columnists and talk-radio hosts to generate media attention -- especially in key swing districts;

*** Prepare and run, if we can afford it, radio, newspaper and even TV advertising in target states and districts;

*** Deliver your petitions to Congressional Leadership to show just how strongly the American people oppose the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill.

As I’ve already told you, H.R. 413 and S.1611 clearly are gaining steam and could come up for a vote any day now.

That’s why it’s vital you sign your petition to Congressional Leadership IMMEDIATELY.

And after you sign your petition, I hope you’ll make your most generous contribution of $500, $250, $100 or $35 today.

The program to kill these Bills won’t be cheap.

Time is so short, and the battle so tough, so please consider a contribution of $500 if you can.

It’s a lot of money, I know.  But please understand this battle is crucial.

If you cannot afford $500 right now, please dig deeply to contribute $250, $100 or $35 -- or whatever you can afford --TODAY!

Sincerely,

Steve Forbes

P.S. The Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill could come to a vote within weeks.  If passed, this dangerous bill would force America’s public safety workers under union boss control.

That’s why it’s vital that you sign this petition to Congressional Leadership TODAY.

After you've signed, please make a generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $35 -- or whatever you can afford -- to help the National Right to Work Committee win this fight.