Employee Free Choice Act?

‘Employee Free Choice Act’ (EFCA) often called the ‘card check’, is proposed and supported by Democrat Party majorities on Capitol Hill. The name itself of this legislation is a disgrace to the English language as defined.

According to ‘Politico’ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19786.html, ‘The measure — widely known as card check and formally as the Employee Free Choice Act — would allow a union to form after enough workers in a shop sign cards, or petitions, rather than voting by secret ballot.’

Investor Warren Buffett said, http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/video/warren_buffett_on_card_check/ ‘I think the secret ballot’s pretty important in the country. I’m against card check, …’

According to Union resources themselves, http://www.efcanewswire.com/, ‘EFCA allows unions to become employees' bargaining representatives on the basis of a "card check" process, thereby depriving employees of the right they presently have to vote in secret-ballot elections. A lesser-known, but equally important, provision of the bill mandates arbitration of initial collective bargaining agreements when the parties cannot come to agreement on their own. EFCA also provides triple back pay to employees who are the victims of employer unfair labor practices ("ULP's") during an organizing campaign or in the period leading up to a first contract, allows for civil fines upon employers of up to $20,000 per violation for willful and repeated ULP's committed during the same time period, and enhances the ability of the National Labor Relations Board to obtain injunctions in federal court against employers with respect to organizing campaigns or initial contract negotiations.’

To preserve a manufacturing base in our economy, industry and employees must have the right of a ‘secret ballot’. Otherwise, Union organizers will demand fellow employees to sign ‘union cards’. This legislation is ‘pay to play’ for Unions and violates individual freedoms. For manufacturing to survive, its’ products must be competitive in a worldwide marketplace.