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 Here are
reasons why we need the Act:
The reason
why we need this legislation is because traditional National Labor
Relations Board elections (especially in the past eight years) to
determine whether or not to form a union are not even remotely close to a secret
ballot election as we understand them..
Employers do a number of things to interfere with the
election process that make these elections fraudulent at best.
Employers not only have more access to workers on the clock, they hold
captive audience meetings, intimidating one to one meetings with
workers, and sometimes go as far as participating in the surveillance
and direct intimidation of their employees. Often folks who support the
union are simply fired.
Under EFCA, workers can choose a secret ballot
election. They can also choose to use a card check process which makes
it easier for folks to sign up. It gives workers more choices
about how to make an important decision. It takes some power away from
employers to abuse what should be a fair process where folks make a free
choice.
It's good public policy, and scary for the business
community. The only thing they want more than lower taxes is fewer union
members to have a voice in the workplace.
Maybe card check neutrality isn't perfect. But the facts
don't lie. Workers are far less likely to be fired, face retaliation for
union support, or be subject to management intimidation.
Majority support options like card check are necessary to put Democratic
process back in action.
91% of employers in the real world whose workers choose to organize hire
anti-labor firms that encourage intimidation and coercion. This
fact is provided in a Cornell University study... |
