AGC Discourages Members of Congress from Cosponsoring (So-called) Employee Free Choice Act

While supporters of the (so-called) Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) are making a push to introduce this legislation in the House very soon and are making a last call for original cosponsors of the bill, AGC is working to discourage cosponsorship of the "card check" bill. AGC opposes the Employee Free Choice Act because it would take away a worker's right to a federally supervised private ballot election when deciding whether or not to select union representation. It also imposes unrealistically short deadlines for labor-management negotiations over a first contract before mandating third-party interference. AGC supports the status quo, which allows both card-check recognition and secret-ballot elections to establish union representation and remains the most fair and reliable way to determine the desire of employees to be represented by a union. More than 2000 letters have gone to members of congress in the last 24 hours discouraging members from cosponsoring this legislation. If you have not already done so, please contact your Members of Congress to urge them not to cosponsor or support the bill by using AGC's Legislative Action Center. It only takes a minute to send a letter.