Even as union leaders press for card-check legislation in Washington, more local unions already are turning to the controversial method of organizing -- and making some gains.
Current law allows unions to organize workers by having them check a box on a card, as opposed to holding an election, if a company approves....
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CDW Members:
While Sonny and Cher may not be playing on your alarm clock radio, the proponents of EFCA are still beating the drum that there are acceptable alternatives to card-check and binding arbitration, and that they’re close to getting a “deal” that will get them 60 votes.
Just last week, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) was quoted in The Hill, regarding EFCA or some version of it, “There is a decent chance it will happen this year.” Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, also expressed his hope that the bill would be passed “this fall.”
In today’s National Journal magazine (see attached), the AFL-CIO’s Bill Samuels makes the implication that an improving economy may signal that it’s time to move EFCA. Mr. Samuels’ optimism in the face of more than 9% unemployment nationally and studies estimating that EFCA could cost as many as 600,000 jobs in the first year after enactment must surely be encouraging to card-check supporters.
The National Journal article also mentions a few EFCA alternatives, such as ambush (or quickie) elections and increased workplace access for union organizers. We’ve been through this drill before, but it’s worth reiterating that there is no acceptable alternative version of EFCA.
Remember, all of these proposals regarding workplace organizing, whether card-check, workplace access, or ambush elections, have the same end goal: increasing the power of professional union organizers by sacrificing the rights of the American workforce.
Also, I’ve attached some talking points regarding ambush elections and increased workplace access for professional union organizers.
Please keep up the grassroots and direct contacts with House and Senate offices.. The consistent hard work of CDW members will continue to prevent EFCA and any equally dangerous alternatives from becoming law.
