EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT / CARD CHECK 

Visit thetruthaboutefca.com and myprivateballot.com for more information and resources.  

 WATCH: ABC MEMBERS SPEAK OUT

ABC members from all across the country are speaking out about the Employee Free Choice Act/"card check."

Nothing “Free” About the Employee Free Choice Act

Organized labor, along with the vast majority of Democrats in Congress, have made the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check”, a top priority and are persuading candidates to pledge their support. This legislation would give organized labor an unfair advantage in union organizing at the expense of both employees and employers.

  • The misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, or “card check,” would strip away the right of 140 million U.S. workers to a federally supervised private-ballot election when deciding whether or not to unionize.

 

  • Under the proposed card check system, union organizers would only have to gather signed authorization cards from a majority of the workers to claim union representation. Without the private ballot, workers who were intimidated or coerced into signing authorization cards would not have the ability to change their vote in private. The workers’ votes are made public to the employer, union organizers and coworkers. There is no private-ballot election. There is no free choice.

 

  • All workers, in every industry, deserve the fundamental American right to a federally supervised private-ballot election.  This right is guaranteed when they vote in political elections; there is no reason why they should surrender this right in the workplace









 
Resources:

One Page Handout 
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Talking Points  
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Claim Versus Fact
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What Is Card Check?
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Paycheck Stuffers:

Who Do You Want In The Voting Booth?

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Do You Want Everyone to Know?
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Take Action- Write, Call or Email Congress About Card Check  

Sample Call Script 
 
Sample Letters to the Editor and Opinion Editorials
        
Card Check Voting

No Free Choice 

Card Check Candidate

Protecting Workers Rights

Taking Away Free Choice



Additional Resources

TheTruthAboutEFCA.com
This website will track the latest news from the mainstream media and social networking sites. It will highlight academic studies and public opinion data, contain video ads/interviews to expose EFCA's threat to American jobs, the U.S. economy and an employee's right to a federally supervised private-ballot during union organizing activities.

Myprivateballot.com
Explore the resources made available through the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and find the facts on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), also known as "Card Check."

McLaughlin and Associates Poll
A new poll shows that Americans almost unanimously believe that workers should continue to have the right to have a federally supervised private ballot election when deciding whether to organize a union. Almost 9 in 10 voters (87%) agree that “every worker should continue to have the right to a federally supervised secret ballot election when deciding whether to organize a union”. Click here to get more information.

It's More Aptly Called The Employee Coercion and Intimidation Act
Danielle Ringwood writes in opposition of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, a piece of legislation that would rob workers of the right to a private-ballot election when deciding whether to join a union. Ringwood is a senior director of legislative affairs of Associated Builders and Contractors and a member of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, which is made up of more than 300 associations and organizations from a wide variety of U.S. industries. This was published in The Hill newspaper on June, 6th, 2007.

 

 


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