Within minutes of the re-introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check,” legislation opponent CDW—whose members includes NRMCA, PCA, ICPI, NAHB, NMA and NSSGA–indicated the bill’s Congressional support was already wavering and its stipulation to remove secret ballots from union representation votes would face significant roadblocks
Source: Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, Washington, D.C.
Within minutes of the re-introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check, legislation opponent CDWÛwhose members include NRMCA, PCA, ICPI, NAHB, NMA and NSSGA–indicated the bill’s Congressional support was already wavering and its stipulation to remove secret ballots from union representation votes would face significant roadblocks.
“Despite all the rhetoric coming from Big Labor, it’s clear that effectively eliminating secret ballots for workers in union organizing elections has become too politically radioactive for members of Congress to support,” a CDW statement notes. “The number of EFCA co-sponsors actually decreased this year, even with increased Democratic majorities in both houses.” The statement goes on to cite new data showing EFCA might actually hurt employment. A recent study by economist Dr. Anne Layne-Farrar found that by 2010, the legislation will result in the elimination of 600,000 jobs, and lead to similar cuts in subsequent years.
Famed investor and prominent member of President Obama’s economic team Warren Buffett has even come out in opposition of EFCA. On the CNBC talk show “Squawk Box,” he said, “I think the secret ballot’s pretty important in the country. I’m against card check, to make a perfectly flat statement.”