TLMI Position Statement on EFCA

Union membership has not declined because rules governing recognition of a union as the bargaining agent for employees are stacked against organized labor. Current rules allow employers to request a secret ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, and unions won 67 percent of the elections in the first half of 2008. Organized labor, through the “Employee Free Choice Act” (better known as “EFCA” or simply “Card Check”) wants to improve its fortunes by changing fair existing rules.