Major Change in Unionization Rules —Fiorenza

One-sided Perspective

The most cursory review of the changes proposed by the EFCA reveal that its architects had an extremely one-sided perspective on unionization in today’s workplace. Groups supporting the legislation suggest that the reason union membership is down in our society is simply because employers are somehow improperly squelching union organizing efforts. For example, the “Change to Win” Website recently claimed, “…a majority of workers can sign up for a union, but the company can veto that decision and demand an election. This allows the company to fire or harass workers, and threaten that it will close the workplace, in order to coerce workers into voting against a union.”