Explaining the Employee Free Choice Act

http://www.seiu.org SEIU's Stephen Lerner explains the Employee Free Choice Act in plain English.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• secret
• ballot
• card
• check
• employee
• free
• choice
• act
• efca
• stephen
• lerner
• service
• employees
• international
• union
• work
• economy
• seiu

[Hyena62]

Interesting in how this video only gives one side of the argument.

If your case is so rock solid, give both sides and let people decide for themselves which side they favor.

We have blind/private voting in local and national elections for a reason. You speak of voter intimidation from the employer, but don't speak of intimidation from the union and union thugs..........as we've seen in one video after another.

UNION PRICKS!!

Lifelong anti union and proud of it!!!

[LBPike350]

Hello there, Mr. Aspiring Economic Terrorist.

[gorethem]

Lerner should be locked up

[solidarity4]

@sullim04 : The law is currently one-sided because the coercion comes from the boss. If you take the time to read the EFCA Amendments; and have basic knowledge of the National Labor Relations Act, you would discover that EFCA doesn't repeal any current secret ballot language.

Before you voted for President Clinton, did your boss take you and your co-workers into a meeting and state that you would lose your jobs? That's the reality of current labor law.

[solidarity4]

@skreese26 : "The labor of a human being is not a commodity or an article of commerce." The Clayton Act of 1914.

So it's been settled law for almost 100 years in our nation. Thus, the end of the lesson.

[PumpkinJoe999]

Soooo, this isn't about health care as much as it is union power.

So let's say given a choice I would CHOOSE Dr. Smith who is covered by Insurance plan A; but my co-workers who do not even live near me (thus not having access to the same medical facilities or personnel) have better doctors under plan B, which does not allow me to use Dr. Smith.

I now have to lobby against the best interests of my fellow co-workers to receive the best health care for my family and self.

Puts workers at odds no?

[dweebieMC]

you don't understand the bill or the current situation. look at the way businesses intimidate worker's choice in the current set up. there have been plenty of studies showing how businesses oppress unions and fire or threaten those who want to discuss the possibility. look at the history of union labor - the laws in the mid 70s that destroyed american unions and led to smaller and smaller percentages of workers being represented

then look at stats on income inequality - how it grew since!

[dweebieMC]

your thoughts are simplistic and do not reflect an intelligent, nuanced position

you are way off. total free market without government is oppressive and horrendous. money is funneled up to the very very rich more and more, without government checks in the free market we have EXTREME poverty, starvation, more crime, more illiteracy, child labor, no healthcare, etc

look at 1890s britain or US! look at the modern first world nations of western europe! where would you rather live?

[IWLocal8]

Unions make up 12% of the US workforce and don't have the ability to threaten workers with losing their jobs. You tell me where the power to intimidate is.

[sullim04]

And you don't think Unions intimidate workers - the initimidation comes from both sides.