thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check

While 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.

Yesterday we told you about the letter signed by more than 3,000 construction and related firms opposing the Employee Free Choice Act. We wanted to let you know that the message was heard, including by other well-respected trade associations (such as the National Association of Manufacturers and the Chamber of Commerce), by major blogs such as the National Review’s Corner, the National Journal, and many more.

Associated Builders and Contractors is not giving up the fight against EFCA and reminds our elected officials: there can be no compromise on the critical underlying issues of secret ballots and binding arbitration.