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Today, the Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) announced that eight states have either passed (in one chamber or both), and eight additional states have introduced resolutions in their state legislatures that instruct their federal delegations to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and all of its components.
According Brian M. Johnson, executive director of AWF, “The EFCA drastically increases the unions’ ability to intimidate and coerce workers into surrendering a portion of their paycheck to fill union coffers. Workers and business owners need to understand that losing the secret ballot provision is just the beginning. The forced binding arbitration in the bill leaves workers helpless to negotiate their own contracts and work terms. That decision will be up to an Obama-appointed bureaucrat.”
- Alabama’s resolution passed the state senate and is pending in the house rules committee.
- Alaska’s anti-EFCA resolution passed the state house labor committee and is pending a floor hearing.
- Delaware’s anti-EFCA resolution will be heard in the house
- Florida’s anti-EFCA resolution passed the state house committee on rules and has moved to the next level in the house.
- Georgia passed its anti-EFCA resolution in the senate and is now on the second level of the house.
- Kansas’ anti-EFCA resolution passed the senate commerce committee and is pending a floor vote.
- Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have introduced anti-EFCA bills in their douses and are further action is pending.
- Mississippi passed the resolution in the state senate, action is pending in the house rules committee.
- Michigan’s state senate passed a similar resolution opposing EFCA.
- South Carolina passed its anti-EFCA resolution in the house, it has been referred to the senate.
- Texas’ anti-EFCA resolution passed through committee and is pending a house hearing.
- Idaho, North Dakota and Oklahoma have passed AWF’s anti-EFCA resolution in both the state house and senate.
“EFCA would be horrible for the current economy. With 74 percent of rank-and-file union members opposing EFCA, it is criminally stupid for any state legislature to support it” said Johnson.
Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) special project of Americans for Tax Reform dedicated to the protection of workers rights.
For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact John Kartch at (202) 785-0266 or at jkartch@atr.org.
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