Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, employing almost half of the American workforce. Yet, labor law is not ensuring a level playing field for responsible businesses, large and small. Businesses that comply with the law face unfair competition from companies who refuse to respect the rights of their employees to join unions. …
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The Employee Free Choice Act: Good for Small Business
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New Nationwide Ad: Wall Street Chooses Greed over Workers, Employee Free Choice Act
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/?id=730&Itemid=374&...Second ad in a week builds on hundreds of grassroots events and momentum for legislation during Congressional recess FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2009 CONTACT: Josh Goldstein (American Rights at Work) 202-822-2127 x118 Alison …
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Wall Street Chooses Greed over Workers
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/?id=729&Itemid=83&o...We're launching a new, hard-hitting ad to support the Employee Free Choice Act. "Greed" calls out corporations, many of whom have received billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts, for opposing the Employee Free Choice Act. …
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AFL-CIO Official Undermines Argument for Card Check, Mandatory Arbitration
http://www.efcareport.com/2009/06/articles/special-inte...ing the rules. Perhaps the more troubling admission: On the issue of concluding first contracts, Pavy also revealed that " the AFL-CIO does not currently have a program to train members in how to negotiate collective bargaining agreements. " Huh? A favorite talking point of EFCA supporters is that they can’t get contracts because employers drag out negotiations. Perhaps unions would seal the deal on more contracts if they made training negotiators a priority. Instead, unions want binding first contract arbitration so they
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AFL-CIO Debunks Rationale for EFCA
http://www.chamberpost.com/2009/06/afl-cio-debunks-rati...he says includes " finance and banking." On the issue of concluding first contracts, Pavy also revealed that " the AFL-CIO does not currently have a program to train members in how to negotiate collective bargaining agreements. " Huh? A favorite talking point of EFCA supporters is that they can’t get contracts because employers drag out negotiations. Perhaps unions would seal the deal on more contracts if they made training negotiators a priority. Instead, unions want binding first contract arbitration so they
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Big Business: Two-Faced Talk on Arbitration
http://www.4ibew.com/2009/06/16/big-business-two-faced-...ration with employees if they don’t reach a first contract after three months of talks—even though they’re enthusiastic about arbitration in a wide variety of circumstances where they have the advantage. In a new ad running in key newspapers, American Rights at Work again challenges corporate hypocrisy on arbitration. When it’s a big corporate entity against an individual, as in credit card disputes or personal injury claims, corporate spokesgroups like the Chamber of Commerce say arbitration is a way to settle any sort of dispute
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Big Business: Two-Faced Talk on Arbitration
http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/06/16/big-business-two-face...ration with employees if they don’t reach a first contract after three months of talks—even though they’re enthusiastic about arbitration in a wide variety of circumstances where they have the advantage. In a new ad running in key newspapers, American Rights at Work again challenges corporate hypocrisy on arbitration. When it’s a big corporate entity against an individual, as in credit card disputes or personal injury claims, corporate spokesgroups like the Chamber of Commerce say arbitration is a way to settle any sort of dispute
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Six Months After Voting To Form A Union, Smithfield Workers Still Without A Contract
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/16/six-month-...par for the course, after the company spent fifteen years using harsh employer intimidation (including forcing an employee to stamp “Vote No” on dead hogs ) to prevent a union from forming. A study by John-Paul Ferguson of MIT illustrates just how common this situation is: Even after a majority votes for a union, many units fail to get a contract. Only 56 percent of units in which a majority of employees voted for a union and were certified for bargaining by the NLRB were successful in reaching a first contract. Only
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