"EFCA" Posts
TN Right-Wingers Distort the Truth About Union Elections
Tom Humphrey of the Knoxville News Sentinel reported yesterday that "a bill declaring that voting on union representation must be conducted via secret ballot failed on a 3-3 tie vote today in a state House subcommittee. All three Republicans on the Employee Affairs Subcommittee voted for the bill by Republican Rep. Susan Lynn of Mount Juliet. All three Democrats voted against it."
The GOP bill is a response to national legislation called
The Employee Free Choice Act, which would close loopholes in our labor relations policy and make it easier for workers to form unions without fear of threat, intimidation, and termination from employers. But as expected, the Tennessee Republican Party put out a misleading press release about the issue and claims that the legislation would "preserve workers' right to a secret ballot union election in the workplace".
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Posted By: Mark Naccarato on 2/4/2010 10:16:00 AM
EFCA
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State Politics
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union rights
The “Secret Ballot” Myth and the Employee Free Choice Act
It seems appropriate for my first story on "Blog/205" to discuss one of the most important pieces of labor legislation to come through Washington in decades, the
Employee Free Choice Act. This law, which some refer to as “EFCA”, would ensure that workers have a free choice to form a union and bargain with their employers for higher wages, benefits, and better working conditions. It would crack down on employers who routinely intimidate, bribe, and often fire pro-union workers as they try to form a union by addressing weaknesses in current U.S. labor law.
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Posted By: Mark Naccarato on 2/12/2009 12:23:00 PM
EFCA
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Employee Free Choice Act
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union rights