Labor

Employee Free Choice Act

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), otherwise known as "Card-Check," leaves employees subject to coercion and intimidation by taking away their right to a federally supervised private ballot when deciding whether or not to join a union. When a workers' vote is public to his or her employer, union organizers and co-workers, personal decisions are no longer private, and workers are subject to subtle or overt intimidation by the paid union organizers whom oversee the election process under this legislation.

Additionally, the Employee Free Choice Act includes language that would force binding arbitration on both the employer and the collective bargaining unit, a provision which would increase uncertainty for businesses and reduce an employer's incentives to grow their business. As a result of binding arbitration U.S. employers would not only lose the control they have over their operations and property but would also be faced with increasing global competition from nations that do not have similar binding arbitration statutes.

As part of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, the National Mining Association is active in educating decision makers on the harmful effects of card-check legislation and urging members of Congress to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.