Economy
March 18, 2009 -
To hear business interests tell the story, the Employee Free Choice Act -- now before Congress -- would mean the end of civilization as we know it. But what is driving the real fear behind this key piece of labor legislation? Join me on GRITtv with Laura Flanders today at noon to talk about reality and rhetoric behind the EFCA. Listen in here.
March 17, 2009 -
In the battle surrounding the Employee Free Choice Act, legislators from one Southern state could make all the difference.
March 13, 2009 -
Yesterday, Facing South reported on a widely-quoted study which claims that the Employee Free Choice Act would cause 600,000 workers to lose their jobs.
March 13, 2009 -
Media coverage of the Employee Free Choice Act has so far focused mostly on the provision allowing workers to choose whether to hold a union election by secret ballot -- the only option now available under law -- or by simply signing union cards.