thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check

The House Education and Labor committee Republicans have come up with a great document with a handy set of reasons the Employee Free Choice Act should be thrown in the trash bin. Of course, there are other reasons, but check out the full list, as well as installments here, here and here.

Take a look at the video pushing the Employee Free Choice Act and one that opposes it — through coincidence, they happen to reflect the quality of the relative positions on the issue.

First, from “CLUW” (they need to get one if they really think EFCA is a good thing):

Now from the Workforce Fairness Institute:

And before skeptics start screaming about “big business” affording glitzy campaigns, don’t forget that it’s union officials who plan to reap billions of new dues dollars from EFCA. Entrepreneurs simply want the chance to stay in business.

Well, this is a doozy. ACORN’s chapter in Arkansas (where the group was founded) has put out a video explaining why they support the Employee Free Choice Act:

It’s great that they think people should “have the right to organize” in their workplace. In fact, they already do. But here’s the weird thing: ACORN doesn’t believe in letting its own organizers unionize through the card check process; it uses its right to demand elections. But wait, there’s more: ACORN has been found to bust union drives of its own employees.

One website of unhappy organizers says:

• ACORN management runs the organization’s agenda and members are told what to do — We demand that ACORN become a true member-run organization!
• ACORN activists fight for Living Wages but management refuses to pay a Living Wage and forces organizers to work 54-80 hours a week — We demand a 40-hour work week and a Living Wage!
• ACORN organizers are fighting for 7 days of mandatory paid sick leave for the rest of workers — but ACORN management only gives us 5 days!
• ACORN’s membership is a beautiful rainbow of diversity, but ACORN management discriminates against minority Organizers – We demand management treat Hispanic and African-American organizers with respect!
• ACORN management pays organizers less than a Living Wage while it hid $1 million embezzlement — We demand that ACORN management stops getting rich while we starve!
• ACORN management says it supports unions but busts union drives by ACORN organizers — We demand the right to organize!

We’re confident Arkansas legislators will listen to more responsible employers on issues as serious as the Employee Free Choice Act.

Dave Wanzenreid, a state senator from Missoula, has taken to the Great Falls Tribune to argue for the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act. Tsk Tsk, Mr. Wanzenreid.

The good state senator relies primarily on redistribution arguments — it’s better for employees if everyone is unionized and they make more money, etc. Of course, he ignores the labor cartel nature of unions and that increasing unionization through EFCA will drive a reduction in employment for everyone else.

But he also ignores the elephant in the room: EFCA will strip the right to a secret ballot for more than 300,000 Montanans, according to the Heritage Foundation, and will impose government arbitrators on countless small businesses.

So, it hurts all business, reduces most jobs, and strips the right to a secret ballot for hundreds of thousands of his constituents? Mr. Wanzenreid is good with that?

We blogged our attendance at the RightOnline panel on the Employee Free Choice Act hosted by Americans for Prosperity and Phil Kerpen. Check out Phil’s easy-to-understand discussion of the issue.

While we were over checking in on the proceedings of a card-check-focused panel at the Americans For Prosperity RightOnline event, Sen. Arlen Specter was across town in Pittsburgh leaving many at the very-liberal Netroots Nation with the impression that he will be voting for cloture on the Employee Free Choice Act*.

Michael O’Brien at The Hill was all over the story and included this reaction from the Workplace Fairness Institute: