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If you thought the airwaves turned blue every time the Con war room cranked up in the last eighteen months you ain't see nuthin' yet. I refer to the obscene amount of money that is being spent and more to come in the fight over the "Employees Fair Choice Act (EFCA) in the USA. Both Congress and the Senate introduced the bill yesterday and the opposition has gone berserk.
What is the EFCA? It is a bill that proposes change to the Union Organising rules in the States. At the moment only 13% of workers are unionised. Critics say that is because rules make it very hard for a worker to get a union. The biggest complaint is that it takes too long for supervised votes to take place. During that time workers will be coerced, intimidated and in some cases threatened if they maintain their membership and don't vote the union out.
For a good description of the problem read this. If you live anywhere the US airwaves exist be prepared for some rabid advertisements. I bet both the Libs and Cons are watching very carefully.
What is the EFCA? It is a bill that proposes change to the Union Organising rules in the States. At the moment only 13% of workers are unionised. Critics say that is because rules make it very hard for a worker to get a union. The biggest complaint is that it takes too long for supervised votes to take place. During that time workers will be coerced, intimidated and in some cases threatened if they maintain their membership and don't vote the union out.
For a good description of the problem read this. If you live anywhere the US airwaves exist be prepared for some rabid advertisements. I bet both the Libs and Cons are watching very carefully.
1 comments:
I am sure the propaganda against unions in the US will be just as effective as anything else that big business, with the help of old style politicians, has shoved down peoples' throats over the years.
What makes me sad is that these manipulators have learned the lessons of psychology and sociology only to use them against people and their interests.
But sometimes these things back fire, just ask John McCain!
DJO
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