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Nothing “Free” About the Employee Free Choice Act

Organized labor, along with the vast majority of Democrats in Congress, have made the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check”, a top priority and are persuading candidates to pledge their support.  This legislation would give organized labor an unfair advantage in union organizing at the expense of both employees and employers.

The misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (“card check”) will strip away the right of 140 million US workers to a federally supervised private-ballot election when deciding whether or not to unionize.

Under the proposed card check system, union organizers would only have to gather signed authorization cards from a majority of the workers to claim union representation.  Without the private ballot, workers who are intimidated or coerced into signing authorization cards would not have the ability to change their vote in private.  The workers’ votes are made public to the employer, union organizers, and co-workers. There is no private-ballot election.  There is no free choice.

All workers, in every industry, deserve the fundamental American right to a federally supervised private-ballot election.  This right is guaranteed when they vote in political elections; there is no reason why they should surrender this right in the workplace.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Write a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (click here for link to sample letter) and FAX your letter by June 1 to the Chamber office at (818) 989-3836.  We will hand-deliver your letter to Senator Feinstein in Washington, DC on June 3. (Click here to copy and paste the sample letter on your company letterhead) 








Additional Resources
US Chamber of Commerce
This website explains the problems with “Card Check” and provides links and further information on how “Card Check” is detrimental to business.

TheTruthAboutEFCA.com
This website tracks the latest news from the mainstream media and social networking sites.  It will highlight academic studies and public opinion data and contains video ads/interviews to expose EFCA’s threat to American jobs, the US economy and an employee’s right to a federally supervised private-ballot during union organizing activities.

Myprivateballot.com
Explore the resources made available through the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and find the facts on the Employee Free Choice Act (“card check”).


McLaughlin & Associates Poll
A new poll shows that Americans almost unanimously believe that workers should continue to have the right to have a federally supervised private ballot election when deciding whether to organize a union.  Almost 9 in 10 voters (87%) agree that “every worker should continue to have the right to a federally supervised secret ballot election when deciding whether to organize a union.”







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