(via Yglesias) The Employee Free Choice Act has gotten a lot of play this election year. All the Republicans think that this is a top priority for the Dems (maybe it is). I never really did understand the workings of it - and there's a lot of partisan ads out there tossing out one-sided information. The prevailing anti-union ad shows how employees will be coerced into joining the union. Well, here's what looks like a good explanation for why that's not exactly right.
On a related note - with a bailout of the Big 3 looming, the debate about the utility of unions is once again a sub-plot. A lot of Big Business pundits blame the unions for destroying Detroit by pointing to the sucess of foreign car makers in Right To Work (aka: non-union) states like Mississippi.
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Blevins nails the argument in favor of card check elections. Although employers are forbidden by law to terminate employees for their union activity under the National Labor Relations Act, the reality is that it is a difficult case to prove. If it is found that the employer violated the Act in this regard, they are required to give back pay and restore the terminated employee to their original position. However, this is usually not a tenable situation with bad blood on both sides. The reality is that anti-union rhetoric during an organizing campaign by the employer causes a chilling effect and prevents free and fair elections at the ballot box.
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