H.R.800 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 Sponsor: George Miller / 110th Congress

Title
110th Congress - To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. hidemore...
Summary
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
Status
The bill was voted on in the House on March 1, 2007

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Employee Free Choice Act may actually undermine employees' free choice by Angela Xu, Jul 31, 2008 (8:20pm)

This bill would eliminate the secret ballot practice used to determine whether to organize a union, and replace that with a public card signing. Opponents argue that this would leave workers open to coercion from their union colleagues, and that the card signing is undemocratic. Small businesses also say that this measure would cut them out of the wage bargaining process, weakening them tremendously. Unions like the bill because it provides an easy way for them to bolster membership at a time when their numbers are declining. President Bush has threatened to veto this bill if it passes Congress.

Employee Free Choice Act by Anonymous, Sep 4, 2008 (2:16am)

This needs to passed. As it stands now, employerscause intimidate, harass, and fire employees for wanting to organize a union.
Business is against this bill because unionization means better wages and benefits which they do not want to pay.