Who Would Employee Free Choice Act Affect?
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 by adminReaction continues to stream in over the apparent disconnect between the federal government’s rule against card check union organizing for its employees and the bill before Congress that would institute the same scheme for the private sector workforce.
As an example of some of the response, see this post over at Hot Air. To be fair to the Administration, the law is already in place for federal employee unionizing efforts so it’s possible they’d want to extend card check there, as well.
But here’s the interesting thing: who is covered by EFCA and who isn’t. Because EFCA alters the National Labor Relations Act, it would NOT affect some interesting groups:
- The federal government, as we’ve seen, would be immune from card check organizing under the EFCA
- State and local governments are also exempt
- Railway workers, in-home care providers, and a handful of other small carve-outs
Frustrating Interesting that state and local governments have ensured that they wouldn’t have to live by the same rules as those running a business.
Also, it’s important not to let those small carve-outs distract from the really important numbers. According to the Heritage Foundation, the Employee Free Choice Act would impact 4 million small businesses and would threaten the right to a private ballot for 105 million working Americans.
