The conventional wisdom lately is that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA or "Card Check" to others) will not pass in its current form. (You can find my prior coverage of the EFCA here.)
Over the last few days, however, various "compromises" have been floated. (H/T Shopfloor.) Of course, the very word "compromise"
Over the last few weeks or so, plenty of commentators have been hyperventilating over the Employee Free Choice Act — a bill pending in Congress. I’ve resisted the urge to do so in the belief that we were still a long way from passage and that the concepts in the bill were going to go
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After months of nonstop speculation, the Employee Free Choice Act bill, which was introduced last year in Congress, is expected to be introduced later today by Rep. George Miller of California.
But its passage this year is far from certain. As the EFCA Report blog and others have stated, several senators, including
Another snow day.
The winter continues its white deliverance. But in the meantime, the employment law world never stops. Here are some items to keep you up to speed on what’s been happenning locally and nationally.
With the change in the administration, the official White House website is now up. It’s still a little sparse now but has such nifty features as an official White House blog.
Of more relevance to employers and businesses, however, is the detailed list of the new adminstration’s agenda. While much of it is not
The Wall St. Journal is reporting this morning that the Employee Free Choice Act bill is not likely to be among the pieces of legislation to be considered in the new administration’s first 100 days:
Unions likely won’t see action soon on legislation that would make it easier to organize workers, but Democrats are moving
There’s been some speculation this week that with the Republicans picking up an important 41st seat in the Senate in 2009 (thus having enough votes to filibuster theorhetically), the prospects for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act have gone down, at least in the short term. I’d add to that notion that proponents will
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ne of the bills in Congress this year that is expected to be heavily debated is the Employee Free Choice Act.
What is it? Workplace Horizons has this take on it: "The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800; S. 1041) would amend the National Labor Relations Act to make it significantly easier for