The Employee Free Choice Act -- A Coming Storm

The Employee Free Choice Act

If you think that the election in November doesn't matter, or that you should sit out in protest, maybe you should give some thought to a coming storm known as the Employee Free Choice Act. The EFCA will allow trade and industrial unions to form without an election by employees. The only requirement for the formation of a union would be signed union authorization cards by a majority of the employees.

As we have seen in the American auto industry -- especially this week with the devastating financial results announced by General Motors -- unions are a disaster for the economy, as employers are forced through collective bargaining agreements to pay above the market bearing rate.

The U.S. House has already approved the Employee Free Choice Act and the bill has been stopped in the Senate for now. However, the election of Democratic President would assure the passage of this economy killer.

A Democratic President would also have the power to appoint partisan interests to the National Labor Relations Board, which would allow for increased anti-management practices to be sanctioned throughout the country.

U.S. law has evolved to a point where American workers are sufficiently protected, and increased unionization throughout the country would be a recipe for economic disaster.