The EFCA would contribute to economic recovery by making it easier for workers to bargain for improved wages, hours and working conditions. It would not take away the right of employees to vote on whether to form a union.

Since 1935, the law has provided two ways for employees to express the choice to be represented by a union: majority sign-up or a National Labor Relations Board election.

Employee sign-up was legal even before the National Labor Relations Act was passed. When a majority of employees had signed cards or petitions designating a union as their representative, the employer could legally negotiate with the representative. The act was interpreted as giving the company the right to decide whether the employees would choose a union through majority sign-up or through an election conducted on the company's premises.

The process of forming a union with or without the Employee Free Choice Act would remain the same.

The only difference would be if the Employee Free Choice Act should be passed is that: The EFCA would give employees, rather than the company, the right to decide which method to use.

Editors Notes: The passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is NOT about eliminating a Secret Ballot vote as opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act would like you to believe, its about the Employer LOSING their control to force an NLRB election if the majority of their employees wish to form a UNION and their inability to hire high priced Union-Busting consultants to conduct a 42 day Anti-Union Busting Intimidation FEAR Campaign against its workers!


Why don't you ever hear the The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, Save our Secret Ballot, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) or the Heritage Foundation talk about unions intimidating workers into signing membership cards using the present system?

Is it because Employers have a RIGHT Now to Force an NLRB Election vs. allowing Employees to decide which method to choose?

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