All Posts Tagged With: "union membership"
EFCA and Compromise
As proposed, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would 1) replace secret-ballot union representation elections with card-check certification of unions as exclusive (monopoly) bargaining agents for workers in their workplaces; 2) impose compulsory-interest arbitration on employers who do not agree to a first union contract within 130 days; and 3) increase penalties on alleged unfair [...]
19Aug2009 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | ContinuedThe AFL-CIO: Renaissance or Irrelevance?
To hear the AFL-CIO tell it, the union movement has reversed its decline and is at the dawn of a renaissance. But among all the puffery, three reported claims are especially suspect: (1) employers routinely harass workers who want to organize; (2) in 1998 the number of union members increased by 101,000; and (3) on [...]
1Nov1999 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | Continued-
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