Posted on Mar 12, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
James Sherk at The Heritage Foundation writes about some of manipulative tactics used during card check campaigns. Ford will save up to $500 million with the help of UAW concessions. This is an interesting excerpt from the article: The agreement trims average wages and benefits for UAW hourly workers to about $55 per hour this […]
Posted on Mar 11, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
The D.C. Examiner says that EFCA could mean Nixon-style wage and price controls through binding arbitration. Nice insight Examiner! Some Democrats are open to compromise on EFCA. An SEIU officer’s finances are brought under scrutiny in California. The NBA looks ahead of time at labor negotiations in the next two years. A retired union leader […]
Posted on Mar 10, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
From the Union Voice, here are the Senate co-sponsors of the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act: Senator Daniel Akaka Senator Mark Begich Senator Barbara Boxer Senator Sherrod Brown Senator Roland Burris Senator Robert Byrd Senator Maria Cantwell Senator Benjamin Cardin Senator Tom Carper Senator Bob Casey Senator Chris Dodd Senator Dick Durbin Senator Russ Feingold […]
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The key phrase is still in EFCA: …”The Board shall not direct an election but shall certify the individual or labor organization as the representative described in subsection.” Click here to download the 2009 version of EFCA.
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Jimmy Hoffa has never been one to mince words. Here is what he had to say about the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act’s introduction in Congress today: “Since when is the secret ballot a basic tenet of democracy?” Since ancient Greece, Jimmy.
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Group Calls on Legislators to Oppose Bill that Would Effectively Eliminate the Secret Ballot and Cost Countless Jobs Today, the Employee Freedom Action Committee (EFAC) criticized the legislators who are putting forth the deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a bill which would effectively eliminate private voting in union organizing elections. EFCA is a […]
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Rachel Maddow has always been in the bag for big labor, even before she joined MSNBC. Despite that, I gave her more credit than this. During last night’s show she told her viewers to “read the bill,” with the bill being the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act. Then, claiming that it’s “really simple to explain,” […]
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With over 100 grassroots events planned across the country for this week, big labor is pushing hard for EFCA. On the fence states are specifically targeted. Bringing the AFL-CIO and Change to Win back together “has only a 50-50 chance of success.” Could EFCA divide Colorado Democrats? A member of SEIU thinks the stock market […]
