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thinkprogress.org - 10/29/2008

McCain Vows To Veto Employee Free Choice Act: Union Organizing Is A ‘Threat’ To ‘Democracy’

— thinkprogress.org — Today in an interview with CNBC, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) blasted unions: But this is — we’ve... been talking about it for a long time — this is a threat to the fundamental of labor-management relations. It’s fundamental to ... (more) McCain Vows To Veto Employee Free Choice Act: Union ...

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aflcio.org - 10/28/2008

What is the Employee Free Choice Act?

— aflcio.org — Read the text of the Employee Free Choice Act . Ten key facts about the Employee Free... Choice Act. Employee Free Choice Act questions and answers . Read a new American Rights at Work study, Secret Ballots Aren't Enough (PDF). Article: Cornell ... (more) What is the Employee Free Choice Act?

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corner.nationalreview.com - 10/27/2008

Employee Free Choice Act II

— corner.nationalreview.com — The Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA"), almost certain to pass early next year if Sen. Obama is... elected, requires that initial collective bargaining agreements be negotiated within 120 days of the union's request for bargaining, otherwise the ... (more) Employee Free Choice Act II

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Obama and the Appalling Employee Free Choice Act
Moonbattery — ... Unionization is a cancer that has paralyzed whole industries (e.g., the American auto industry) and economically crippled whole states (e.g., Michigan). Under Obama, unions would become vastly more powerful, as Peter Kirsanow reports: ...

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Matthew Yglesias — National Review’s Peter Kirsanow says EFCA’s arbitration provisions are no good: As nervous as employers are about card check, it’s EFCA’s first contract mandatory arbitration provisions that have businesses ordering antacids by the truckload. Under EFCA, if the company and union fail to reach agreement on a contract within 120 days after the union requests bargaining, the matter will be referred to an arbitration panel that will actually write the contract. That contract is binding for two years. ...

If you need only one reason to vote against Barack Obama...
TigerHawk — As I have written before, if you need only one reason to vote against Barack Obama it should be the deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act. Peter Kirsanow makes the point here , and I will write something much longer when I get a moment. Suffice it to say that it will radically alter the relationship between employers and workers, and not in a good way. Unions will be able to organize your workplace without an election, and will be able to force binding arbitration of collective bargaining agreements simply by sticking to an unreasonable position for four months. Obama has ...