The rumors were true. Today, the Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in Congress. The bill was sponsored by Representative George Miller (D-CA), the House Education and Labor Committee Chair, and Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).
As has been well documented, EFCA would radically change federal labor law. The legislation would allow a union to bypass the election process after collecting authorization cards from a majority of employees. Consequently, employers would lose the right to request that an election be held.
If enacted into law, EFCA would: (1) Eliminate employees’ opportunity to vote in a federally-administered, private ballot election; (2) Require binding arbitration within 120 days after a union is certified through a signed card collection process should the employer and the union be unable to reach an agreement; and (3) Create new fines against employers for an expanded list of unfair labor practices.
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