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EFCA: who profits?(EDITOR'S FORUM)
One of the many outstanding presentations given at the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) Annual Meeting stands out as "need to know" information for the entire flexible packaging industry.
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), if passed, will make it easier for unions to organize employees and will make it harder for employers to campaign against unions. While most flexible packaging executives and business owners oppose the bill, proponents see EFCA as a way to improve workers' compensation and balance what they see as unfair power companies have over their employees.
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Even if your company already has unions, you need to know what this legislation will change about the unionization process and negotiations.
Among the major changes: Instead of a secret ballot election to vote in a union, a simple majority of signed union authorization cards will decide. Instead of being able to talk openly with employees about the pros and cons of unions, employers will face a civil penalty of up to $20,000 for each violation of labor practices under the National Labor Relations Act to affect the formation of a union.
According to FPA meeting presenter Thomas Smith, attorney at Jackson Lewis LLP, EFCA is going to happen in ...
- Small Business Owners Fear EFCA.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly May 21, 2009 700+ words
...Association launched a new web site today, www.EFCA-Info.org, developed to provide facts...class about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) under consideration by the U.S. Congress...business owners for their opinions regarding EFCA. The poll, conducted by Lombardo Consulting...
- The Future Of EFCA - "A Moving Target".(Employee Free Choice Act of 2009...
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing September 30, 2009 700+ words
...debate over the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is heating up, but the situation remains...Senators reflect continued public support for EFCA. Most notably, yesterday, Sen. Arlen...this year, obstacles to the passage of EFCA remain. The recent passing of Sen. Edward...
- Fast Track Elections Likely To Replace Card-Check In EFCA Compromise...
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing October 6, 2009 700+ words
...to come. In fact, it now appears that EFCA's highly politicized card-check provision...2009 certainly took attention away from EFCA. As a result, the employer community...Congress that the fundamental changes that EFCA would make to the National Labor Relations...
- Act now on EFCA: legislation that aims to change how unions organize could...
- Magazine article from: Inside Business Flynn, Susan Keen January 1, 2009 700+ words
...7 to 15 percent in the first year after EFCA is passed. The legislation nearly passed...approaches the magnitude of the change that EFCA will cause in the labor landscape," he...that labor is pressing right now." The EFCA's main tenants include: Certification...
- Card Check To Be Dropped From EFCA?(Employee Free Choice Act)
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing July 24, 2009 700+ words
...provisions in the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) appear to be in limbo after conflicting...been working on a compromise to salvage EFCA, had agreed that the alternative would...confirming "anything." As currently drafted, EFCA's card-check provisions mandate employers...
- EFCA SLAMS COMMISSION CINEMA AID INVESTIGATIONS.
- Newspaper article from: European Report October 7, 2000 700+ words
The European Film Companies Alliance (EFCA) has spoken out against the investigation...for Audiovisual Policy, Viviane Reding, EFCA stresses that unless it is shown that public...share in Europe", says Francois Ivernel, EFCA President and Managing Director of Pathe...
- PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: EFCA DECRIES PUBLIC SECTOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY PRACTICES
- Newspaper article from: Transport Europe July 20, 1995 700+ words
...Engineering Consultancy Associations (EFCA), which has just published a White Paper...engineering project starts as an idea", EFCA points out. Before a project is ever started...public service companies. According to EFCA, this latter type of service provider...
- EFCA debate roils between employer, union groups.(Policy Fight)
- Magazine article from: Employee Benefit News June 1, 2009 700+ words
...in arms. They argue that if made law, EFCA could quake the capitalist foundation of businesses across the country. "If EFCA is passed," says Jonathan Kane, chairman...consulting firm LECG estimates that if EFCA becomes law, unions will absorb 4.1...
Source: HighBeam Research, EFCA: who profits?(EDITOR'S FORUM)