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Choice or Who Chooses?

In the last post, I started to try and unravel the dispute about “choice.” Various pro-business groups and media are saying that the secret ballot election would go away under EFCA, and that workers would not have a choice.
Technically, that appears to be false. What changes is who gets to make the choice. Who chooses [...]

Is Today the Day that EFCA Launches?

After several false starts, current buzz suggests that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will be introduced into Congress later today. My ears perked up on Sunday when the topic arose on This Week with George Stephanopoulos - one of the first mentions on a Sunday morning talk news show in quite some time.
Then yesterday, [...]

Free Webcast about EFCA for Management

Two days ago, I participated in a Webcast about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) that was simply brilliant. It offered a broad perspective on the proposed law - including voices from the various disciplines of politics, business, legal, labor relations and PR.
Someone whose work I admire spoke, and that’s what attracted me. Phillip B. [...]

What Communicators Need to Know About EFCA

If a communicator is not tuned into labor relations issues, the big change that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) represents may not be immediately apparent. With apologies to my international peers, this topic is only relevant for practitioners in America because the legislation will apply exclusively to U.S. labor law.
Under EFCA, HR & employee [...]

What is EFCA? The Long & Short

Not everyone is up-to-speed about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). How one defines it depends upon your position, pro-business or pro-labor. Here are two different perspectives that epitomize the distinction:
Pro-Business Source: SHRM, Society for Human Resource Management
Gist: “SHRM strongly opposes the Employee Free Choice Act”
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Require the NLRB to certify a union [...]

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way

Wondering whether to take EFCA, the Employee Free Choice Act, seriously?
WALL STREET JOURNAL
By KRIS MAHER  (March 4, 2009)
MIAMI — President Barack Obama told AFL-CIO union leaders Tuesday in a videotaped address that the controversial Employee Free Choice Act will pass, signaling his full backing for legislation that makes union organizing easier.
“We will pass the Employee [...]