Message to CDW Members

CDW Members:

CDW is continuing to bang the drum in opposition to EFCA. Our most recent print ad is being run in today’s edition of USA Today. You can see the ad here.

While EFCA seems to have slipped off the radar screens here in Washington, it is crucial that we not allow this legislation---or alternative versions of the bill---to gain any traction that could result in their passage by either house of Congress.

Recently, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said, regarding the Employee Free Choice Act, "I think there's a lot of negotiation that's going on about card-check." While Senator McCaskill acknowledged the possibility that card-check itself may be dead, her comments about ongoing negotiations on this issue are indicative of Big Labor’s continued efforts to strike a deal to move some version of EFCA. You can read the entire McCaskill article here.

Legislative Conferences

As most of our trade associations are moving into legislative fly-in season, we are strongly encouraging everyone to keep EFCA at the top of your organization’s list of legislative priorities.

And, if possible, please feel free to share any relevant intel on this topic, that is picked up during Hill visits when your members are in town.

Lobbying Committee

For those organizations with a DC-area presence, CDW’s Lobbying Committee will be meeting again at 11:00 am on Thursday, May 6. If you’d like to attend this meeting, please contact Rob Green (greenr@nrf.com) for more information.

Finally, since CDW was outspoken in our opposition to Craig Becker’s nomination to the NLRB, I wanted to share this Wall Street Journal story about the race to succeed Andy Stern at the SEIU. It is telling that one of the candidates to be Stern’s successor, Anna Burger, lays out a strategy that includes an effort to “push a labor-friendly majority on the NLRB.” Big Labor knows that they’re running out of time to pass their #1 priority, EFCA, so their fall back plan includes using the regulatory process to circumvent Congress. You can read the story here.

As always, thanks for all of your efforts to date, and keep up the good work.

Thanks,

Brian