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The Employee Free Choice Act would have amended the National Labor Relations Act in three significant ways. That is: section 2 would have eliminated the need for an additional ballot to require an employer recognize a union, if a majority of workers have already signed cards expressing their wish to have a union
Supporters of card check argue that it makes it easier for workers to join unions. For example, in his remarks accompanying the introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), former chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, described the limitations of the system of NLRB elections:
Save Our Secret Ballot. The Save Our Secret Ballot, Inc. (SOS) is a 501 (c) (4) conservative advocacy organization created to promote states to pass constitutional amendments that would ban card check legislation. [1] Former U.S. Congressman Ernest Istook (R-OK) is Chairman of the National Advisory Board. [2]
At issue is the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), also known as Card Check, a union-backed Business groups are now bracing themselves for a new fight in Congress against the growing power of unions.
NLRB election procedures. The National Labor Relations Board, an agency within the United States government, was created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. Among the NLRB's chief responsibilities is the holding of elections to permit employees to vote whether they wish to be represented by a particular labor union.
One difference is that Canadian law allows for card certification and first-contract arbitrations (both features of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act promoted by labor unions in the United States). Canadian law also bans permanent striker replacements, and imposes strong limits on employer propaganda."
During the 2008 elections, the Employee Free Choice Act had widespread support of many legislators in the House and Senate, and of the President. Since then, support for the "card check" provisions of the EFCA subsided substantially.
Sestak is an original cosponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act and supports the original version that includes card check. He created the Labor Advisory Committee to address the challenges facing working families in his district. Sestak holds a 97% lifetime rating from the AFL-CIO.