Legislation Impacting Printers: Topping the Agenda

Employee 
Free Choice Act

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) was the Number 1 labor issue; President Obama campaigned on it. Perhaps Union Free Reign Act would be a more appropriate name.

What EFCA would do is throw away a democratic process of secret balloting, one that is overseen by the government, and replace it with a majority sign-up card check process. The name in itself is ironic—card check campaign signatures are made public to management, union officials and co-workers. Unlike an election, the card check period is open-ended, and union organizers can continue to scrounge for signatures until a majority is reached. No longer protected by the secret ballot, workers would be vulnerable to intimidation and other coercive tactics.