Employee Free Choice Act, The Union Payoff
Friday, October 9th, 2009 by AdminABC’s own member company Miller and Long’s Brett McMahon is quoted in a great story that recaps that union-payoff angle to the Employee Free Choice Act fight:
Labor groups spent around $450 million on the 2008 election, almost exclusively for pro-union Democrats, and to great success. A Democratic Congress could help expand union rolls through the “card check” provision in the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which removes the secret ballot in union elections. That provision has hit a bump in the Senate, however, and may not appear in a final version of the labor reform bill, which Obama has promised to help pass.
As it stands now, EFCA allows the government to inject itself into certain labor disputes further through binding interest arbitration
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October 9th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Chris Mosquera says:What the Employee Free Choice Act Means for Employees and Employers:
A dark tempest is brewing over the employee and employer work relationship. That Perfect Storm is the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The EFCA (H.R. 1409 and S. 560), is widely expected to pass in some form.
The Democratic Party is heavily indebted to organized labor for their financial and political support. Congress will feel the need to show populist support for labor unions.
There is a very real possibility that the EFCA will become the labor law of the land!
What does this mean for both the Employees and the Employer?
The National Labor Relations Act, for over 70 years, has recognized a labor union as the official bargaining agent representing employees only after the union wins a secret ballot election.
The Employee Free Choice Act will require an employer to recognize a union after the authorization cards (