The misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “Card Check,” is an attempt to eliminate the private ballot election when organizing a union and replace it with an undemocratic process whereby employees sign a card in public. A signature on the card would constitute a “vote” and once 51% of the workforce signs, the union would automatically be certified and the employer must immediately begin collective bargaining.
This undemocratic and un-American process would give labor an unfair advantage in union organizing at the expense of both employee and employer. The process would strip away the right of 140 million U.S. workers to a federally supervised private-ballot election when deciding whether or not to unionize.
All workers, in every industry, deserve the fundamental American right to a federally supervised private-ballot election. This right is guaranteed when they vote in political elections; there is no reason why they should surrender this right in the workplace.
Without the private ballot, there is no free choice.
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