When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke in February at the Associated Builders & Contractors conference in Phoenix, his anti-union rhetoric found an eager audience. Speaking from the podium, he said:

"If I become president of the United States, I will curb the practice we have in this country of giving union bosses an unfair advantage in contracting. One of the first things I'll do — actually on Day One — I will end the government's favoritism towards unions and contracting on federal projects, and end project labor agreements. And I will fight to repeal Davis-Bacon."

This sparked riotous applause from the audience, to which Romney said, "I didn't know that was going to get that kind of response — I'd have said that earlier."

He concluded his remarks by slamming the Employee Free Choice Act, adding "I will fight for right-to-work laws."

Far from a one-off performance in front of a sympathetic audience, Romney's anti-union stance has been further enshrined by the Republican Party. At the GOP's convention in Tampa, Fla., in late August, the party issued its official platform, part of which exactly echoes Romney's speech to ABC.

The 2012 GOP platform states:

"We will restore the rule of law to labor law by blocking 'card check' … We demand an end to the project labor agreements … and we call for repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act … We support the right of states to enact right-to-work laws and encourage them to do so … Ultimately, we support the enactment of a national right-to-work law."

While the party's 2008 platform acknowledged "both the right of individuals to voluntarily participate in labor organizations and bargain collectively," this year's platform makes no direct mention of collective bargaining. Instead, it salutes anti-worker lawmakers like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Ohio Gov. John Kasich — whose crackdowns on collective bargaining sparked massive protests in their states' capitals. The GOP 2012 platform states, "We salute Republican governors and state legislators who have saved their states from fiscal disaster by reforming their laws governing public employee unions."

IBEW International President Edwin D. Hill said that the party's mention of the GOP governors "is just a smokescreen to endorse union busting. These extreme politicians have used the economic downturn to their advantage by attacking teachers, firefighters, nurses and other dedicated public servants.

"For our industry, the GOP's attacks on PLAs and Davis Bacon — mixed with their support of a national right-to-work law — would undo decades of hard-won gains at the bargaining table and on the job site," Hill said. "I encourage every member to go on the Internet and watch Romney's speech to ABC so they can see for themselves where the candidate stands on issues of critical importance to our families' futures."

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