Card Check Bill Threatens Workers’ Rights

-By Webb Brown

Congress is preparing to debate a bill that is not only anti-business, but also anti-worker. It’s ironically named the “Employee Free Choice Act,” (EFCA), and the only winners, if this bill is passed, are big labor unions.

Since unions in private industries have seen their numbers dwindle over the past 20 years, they are pushing for changes that totally change the rules when it comes to organizing a union. They do this by taking away secret ballot elections in union campaigns and replacing it with a system called “card check.”

Under this system, union organizers would be able to approach workers and ask them to sign a card saying they want a union. This form of organizing leaves employees vulnerable to labor union strong-arm tactics and peer pressure. No longer will a worker have the privacy of the ballot box to make that important decision.

The act has a few other dangerous provisions. Employers would be forced to reach a deal on collective bargaining agreements within 90 days of a successful union election. If no agreement is made, government arbitrators will come and make the decisions.

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