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Free Webinar: EFCA & Health Care

Sorry for the late notice, I just ran across this item. It appears that it will be archived for review after the event.
Whether it Passes or Not, Employee Free Choice Act Can Present Significant Challenges to Health Care Employers
Experts in talent communications and labor law host free Webinar to assist health care HR professionals.
New York, [...]

Paycheck Stuffer examples from ABC

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has come out swinging against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The group has an entire Web page of resources devoted to the topic, including this example paycheck stuffer with language you could “borrow:”

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The so-called “employee Free Choice Act” or “card check” legislation would strip away the rights of [...]

Social Media & Unions: Labor’s clone of “Facebook”

Labor has cloned its own fledgling Facebook-style social media site:
UnionBook is the social networking site for trade unionists.  Unlike other social networks such as MySpace, FaceBook and Bebo, UnionBook is advertising-free, respects your privacy and is specifically designed to serve the trade union movement.  Use it to meet up with friends online, post comments to [...]

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 [...]