Talk:Employee Free Choice Act
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[edit] adding relevant letter to Mexican labor officials
Congressman George Miller, sponsor of H.R. 800, was the lead signatory of a 2001 letter to Mexican government officials in which he states that "we feel that the secret ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they might not otherwise choose," exactly contradicting his position on the rights of workers in the United States. I am adding a .pdf copy of the letter provided by Congressman Miller's office (pubic record).
Nhertel 02:14, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Inaccuracy?
"If it becomes law, the Act would require the U.S. National Labor Relations Board to certify a union as the exclusive representative of employees without an election where 'a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining has signed valid authorizations.' "
This part seems very inaccurate: It seems odd that the act would require the Labor Relations Board to acknowledge unions when the union election results in no union forming.SteveSims 19:51, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeah but that's exactly what it does. If they called it the Tom and Dick Force Their Union on Harry Act, no one would vote for it. The problem with the article is that it's not stated previously that under current law you do need a secret ballot election before a union can be formed. -- Savant45 (talk) 22:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Revised to read more clearly. A majority always is required to elect union representation, EFCA only changes who gets to select the method used to elect a union. Employees instead of employers get the final say on if card check is preferred over secret ballot. Libertycookies (talk) 16:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] CopyEdit problem in congressional action section
Can someone fix that. I don't really understand what the "release" and "publisher" tags are supposed to look like Bigbadbyte (talk) 22:06, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
