Free Choice
That’s why I have introduced the Employee Free Choice Act now pending in Congress. This important law protects the right of workers to form a union; requires employers to come to the table to negotiate a contract; authorizes court orders to stop employers from firing or threatening union advocates; and strengthens the penalties in current law for mistreatment of workers who support a union.
Under the bill, employees will be able to choose between two options for gaining union recognition—a card check or the NLRB electionprocess. Since anti-union conduct is so rampant in union election campaigns, the elections become coercive and hostile, rather than free and fair. Under current law, workers can try to avoid such elections by asking the employer to recognize their union based on a signed worker authorization—a card check; but employers often refuse to accept a card-check procedure. Even if all employees sign cards supporting union representation, the employer can still require an election. The bill preserves the rights of union members by requiring employers to bargain with a union authorized by a majority of workers through the card-check procedure.
As a result, workers’ chances of freely exercising their right to freedom of association increase dramatically. In fact, the card-check procedure is good for both employers and unions, since it promotes healthy relationships between employers and employees. Eliminating contentious elections from the certification process produces a better long-term relationship between union and employer.
http://www.lera.uiuc.edu/Pubs/Perspectives/onlinecompanion/fall05-Kennedy%20Article.htm.......................................................................
Oh how I miss that man.
:patriot: Teddy!
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