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<blockquote data-quote="Dark_Team_135" data-source="post: 595505" data-attributes="member: 17242"><p>Man this "secret ballot will be gone" myth is getting to union members as well as those of the general public that don't even bother to read what is really in a bill before deciding not to support it. Exactly what the republicans and their big business backers are counting on... </p><p></p><p>This bill will <strong>not</strong> eliminate the option of having a secret ballot election, if will only allow the EMPLOYEES to make the decision instead of MANAGEMENT. Under the current system <strong>only management</strong> reserves that right. So under the current system the secret ballot is already OPTIONAL. Where was all of the screaming about this fact when MANAGEMENT held all the cards?</p><p></p><p>The EFCA doesn't take away a secret ballot and it will not add anything to the process of getting cards signed by employees. It does curtail employer's ability to delay the election process for years while they harass, intimidate, threaten and ultimately fire union supporters with impunity as is the case under current labor law.</p><p></p><p>I will leave you with a couple of quotes from some less business leaning sources of information:</p><p></p><p>Media Matters: Wash. Times echoed opponents' distortion of EFCA in asserting it would "eliminate the secret ballot":</p><p></p><p>The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) that Pelosi and Reid support does not eliminate employees' rights to a secret ballot. As The New York Times reported, "Business groups have attacked the legislation because it would take away employers' right to insist on holding a secret-ballot election to determine whether workers favored unionization" [emphasis added]. Moreover, supporters of the EFCA say employers often use the election process to delay, obstruct, and intimidate workers in an effort to resist organizing efforts.</p><p></p><p>The House Committee on Education and Labor has described the claim that "[t]he Employee Free Choice Act abolishes the National Labor Relations Board's 'secret ballot' election process" as a "myth" and stated on its website: "The Employee Free Choice Act would make that choice -- whether to use the NLRB election process or majority sign-up -- a majority choice of the employees, not the employer."</p><p></p><p></p><p>The American Prospect: Why We Need EFCA</p><p></p><p>Contrary to business propaganda, unions are good for the economy. A recent study by the nonprofit Economic Roundtable found that union workers in Los Angeles County earn 27 percent more than nonunion workers in the same job. The increased wages for the 800,000 union workers -- 17 percent of the labor force -- adds $7.2 billion a year in pay. As these workers spend their wages on food, clothing, child care, car and home repairs, and other items, their additional buying power creates 64,800 jobs and $11 billion in economic output. Many economists argue that any strategy Obama and Congress use to revitalize the economy should make higher wages -- and stronger unions -- a centerpiece.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark_Team_135, post: 595505, member: 17242"] Man this "secret ballot will be gone" myth is getting to union members as well as those of the general public that don't even bother to read what is really in a bill before deciding not to support it. Exactly what the republicans and their big business backers are counting on... This bill will [B]not[/B] eliminate the option of having a secret ballot election, if will only allow the EMPLOYEES to make the decision instead of MANAGEMENT. Under the current system [B]only management[/B] reserves that right. So under the current system the secret ballot is already OPTIONAL. Where was all of the screaming about this fact when MANAGEMENT held all the cards? The EFCA doesn't take away a secret ballot and it will not add anything to the process of getting cards signed by employees. It does curtail employer's ability to delay the election process for years while they harass, intimidate, threaten and ultimately fire union supporters with impunity as is the case under current labor law. I will leave you with a couple of quotes from some less business leaning sources of information: Media Matters: Wash. Times echoed opponents' distortion of EFCA in asserting it would "eliminate the secret ballot": The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) that Pelosi and Reid support does not eliminate employees' rights to a secret ballot. As The New York Times reported, "Business groups have attacked the legislation because it would take away employers' right to insist on holding a secret-ballot election to determine whether workers favored unionization" [emphasis added]. Moreover, supporters of the EFCA say employers often use the election process to delay, obstruct, and intimidate workers in an effort to resist organizing efforts. The House Committee on Education and Labor has described the claim that "[t]he Employee Free Choice Act abolishes the National Labor Relations Board's 'secret ballot' election process" as a "myth" and stated on its website: "The Employee Free Choice Act would make that choice -- whether to use the NLRB election process or majority sign-up -- a majority choice of the employees, not the employer." The American Prospect: Why We Need EFCA Contrary to business propaganda, unions are good for the economy. A recent study by the nonprofit Economic Roundtable found that union workers in Los Angeles County earn 27 percent more than nonunion workers in the same job. The increased wages for the 800,000 union workers -- 17 percent of the labor force -- adds $7.2 billion a year in pay. As these workers spend their wages on food, clothing, child care, car and home repairs, and other items, their additional buying power creates 64,800 jobs and $11 billion in economic output. Many economists argue that any strategy Obama and Congress use to revitalize the economy should make higher wages -- and stronger unions -- a centerpiece. [/QUOTE]
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