[Peace-discuss] some Employee Free Choice Act resources

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Only Republicans voted against it (which tells you something right there).. Maybe our next Congress will put it thru -- looks fine to me.
 --Jenifer


--- On Sun, 10/26/08, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

From: E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] some Employee Free Choice Act resources
To: "Robert Naiman" <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
Cc: "peace discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3:58 PM


This section appears to be  quite offensive, allowing the federal government to step in  when labour and management cannot agree,
and to make a judgment in "mediation".  It is no wonder there were many votes against.  This
is bad law further increasing the encroachment of government on private enterprise.



SEC. 3. FACILITATING INITIAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
`(h) Whenever collective bargaining is for the purpose of establishing an initial agreement following certification or recognition, the provisions of subsection (d) shall be modified as follows: 

`(1) Not later than 10 days after receiving a written request for collective bargaining from an individual or labor organization that has been newly organized or certified as a representative as defined in section 9(a), or within such further period as the parties agree upon, the parties shall meet and commence to bargain collectively and shall make every reasonable effort to conclude and sign a collective bargaining agreement. 

`(2) If after the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date on which bargaining is commenced, or such additional period as the parties may agree upon, the parties have failed to reach an agreement, either party may notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service of the existence of a dispute and request mediation. Whenever such a request is received, it shall be the duty of the Service promptly to put itself in communication with the parties and to use its best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to bring them to agreement. 

`(3) If after the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the request for mediation is made under paragraph (2), or such additional period as the parties may agree upon, the Service is not able to bring the parties to agreement by conciliation, the Service shall refer the dispute to an arbitration board established in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Service. The arbitration panel shall render a decision settling the dispute and such decision shall be binding upon the parties for a period of 2 years, unless amended during such period by written consent of the parties.'. 

Robert Naiman wrote: 
Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)
http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:1:./temp/~c110fJ89fa::

AFL-CIO page on the Employee Free Choice Act:
http://www.afl-cio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/

AFL-CIO Q & A on the Employee Free Choice Act
http://www.afl-cio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/qna.cfm

Roll Call in the House:   H R 800,  1-Mar-2007
241-185
228 Democrats in favor, 2 opposed
13 Republicans in favor, 185 opposed (TJ voted no.)
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll118.xml

Roll Call in the Senate: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.800 )
51-48 (cloture failed, needing 60)
All Dems voted yes; SD Tim Johnson was absent due to illness
All Rs voted no, except for Specter, who voted yes.
Lieberman and Sanders voted yes.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00227
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