What Communicators Need to Know About EFCA

Mar 06, 2009 No Comments by Charles Pizzo

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.
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What is EFCA? The Long & Short

Mar 05, 2009 No Comments by Charles Pizzo

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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