Foley presented the next installment of our Labor & Employment Inner Workings Web conference series, during which Foley attorneys discussed the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).
The Employee Free Choice Act — Prepare NOW
The EFCA would make it much easier for unions to organize employees. Although the EFCA died in the U.S. Senate this year, with the Democrats’ success in the recent election, the likelihood of the EFCA becoming law has increased significantly. If you value the non-union status of some or all of your workforce, now is the time to prepare or strengthen your defenses against union organizing efforts.
The EFCA, as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in March 2007, would:
- Create an option for unions to become the exclusive bargaining representative of employees without having any secret ballot election
- Create a mechanism for an arbitration board to impose a first contract on an employer after a union wins a first election
- Substantially increase the penalties associated with certain unfair labor practices
At the completion of this Web conference, participants were able to:
- Understand the principal provisions of the EFCA
- Identify how these provisions change federal labor law
- Know what should be done now to prepare for the EFCA
For further information, please contact Nidhi Agrawal at [email protected].
