http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/2009/01/22/president-obama-on-efca/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/2009/01/22/president-obama-on-efca/comment-page-1/#comment-18050 Obama speaks out on Employee Free Choice Act | HRLegalNews.com | Up-to-the-minute cases and law impacting HR Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:22:00 +0000 http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/?p=1776#comment-18050 [...] You can read a transcript of the interview here. [...] [...] You can read a transcript of the interview here. [...]

]]> http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/2009/01/22/president-obama-on-efca/comment-page-1/#comment-15321 Mark Toth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:26:04 +0000 http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/?p=1776#comment-15321 Thanks for the comments, Matthew. Anyone else care to share a perspective? Thanks for the comments, Matthew. Anyone else care to share a perspective?

]]> http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/2009/01/22/president-obama-on-efca/comment-page-1/#comment-15316 Matthew Austin Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:51:05 +0000 http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/?p=1776#comment-15316 I agree that EFCA still remains somewhat of a hidden agenda for Obama - meaning that he's not talking about it - most likely because of how controversial it is. Still, there are several other bills waiting to be passed that, in total, will accomplish most of what EFCA seeks to accomplish. Such bills like the RESPECT Act, Patriot Employer Act, Working Families Flexibility Act (aka "union of one law"), even the Middle Class Opportunity Act (which is supposed to be a tax bill) contains language about easing the ability for unionization. Likewise, the Obama NLRB will rule on allowing minoirty unions in workplaces, i.e. fractional unionization of just a couple of employees instead of a majority. I still believe that EFCA will pass in some form and unionization of this country will drastically increase in the next few years, but until then, these other bills may keep unions satisfied until they get rewarded for helping to put Obama in the White House. I agree that EFCA still remains somewhat of a hidden agenda for Obama – meaning that he’s not talking about it – most likely because of how controversial it is. Still, there are several other bills waiting to be passed that, in total, will accomplish most of what EFCA seeks to accomplish. Such bills like the RESPECT Act, Patriot Employer Act, Working Families Flexibility Act (aka “union of one law”), even the Middle Class Opportunity Act (which is supposed to be a tax bill) contains language about easing the ability for unionization. Likewise, the Obama NLRB will rule on allowing minoirty unions in workplaces, i.e. fractional unionization of just a couple of employees instead of a majority. I still believe that EFCA will pass in some form and unionization of this country will drastically increase in the next few years, but until then, these other bills may keep unions satisfied until they get rewarded for helping to put Obama in the White House.

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