Card Check: Ambush Elections and Stifling Debate

Monday, August 24th, 2009 by Admin

This weekend the Employee Free Choice Act popped up again in Virginia’s newspapers. This time it was First Piedmont Corp’s Ben J. Davenport laying out the case against the sequel to EFCA, “EFCA 2: More of the Same Same.” Davenport eyes possible alternatives being floated around D.C. corridors:

One provision would shorten the timing of union elections from the current time frame of 42 days to only 5 to 10 days after a union files a petition for election with the NLRB.

So why do the unions want to speed up the time to just a few days? The current system gives both sides ample time to present information to the employees and give them an opportunity to ask questions and challenge the validity of assertions from both sides. Common sense should tell you that 5 to 10 days is not enough time to debate an issue of this importance and make an informed decision. Of course, unions know that the more informed employees become, the less likely they are to vote for a union.

To further limit employer

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