Employee Free Choice Act’s Binding Arbitration Provision Getting More Scrutiny
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 by adminWhile the Employee Free Choice Act’s provision to effectively kill the secret ballot election process for employees deciding whether to join a union has received the lion’s share of attention for the bill, a secondary fundamental problem is getting a closer look. The bill’s ridiculous provision to replace negotiations between labor and management with a government-imposed arbitrator — who would decide the final wage, benefits, and work rule package — is now moving to the front burner, thankfully.
The latest example comes from the mighty Michael Barone, the living encyclopedia of American politics. He writes in the Washington Examiner, his new home, that:
The Card Check bill’s mandatory arbitration provisions are a recipe for doing to very large parts of the private sector what the UAW did to GM, Ford and Chrysler. Imposing this burden on our economy would be folly of the first order.
Indeed.
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 am
Mark Franciosi says:If you want the “truth” about the employee free choice act, check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exBtVnZaWUk
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:51 am
admin says:Mark, (again), we’re willing to provide alternative views of the issue on this blog when appropriate. But that doesn’t change the fact that EFCA would effectively steal the right to a secret ballot for those very employees — or others in the same company who may not want a join a union.