UNFAIR TO MANAGEMENT

My subject is the Employee Free Choice act designed to remove the right of workers to decide whether or not to organize a union using a secret ballot. Headline in Union Advocate newspaper sez “Al Franken will be proud to sponsor the Employee Free Choice Act when elected to the US senate. “

I can speak from personal experience. When trying to organize a union in 1974 while working for Snyder Bros. Drugs we had a large majority of employees sign authorization cards to be followed by an election with secret ballot and it was voted down by the workers. All but one in my store signed cards I believe as a favor to me but with time to think and talk about it they changed their minds.

On visiting Mr. Franken’s office on University Ave I was told that the secret ballot would still be an option. Not true. To quote wording in the bill, “ The board shall not direct an election but shall certify the individual or labor organization as the representative.” Under the EFCA the employer would no longer have the opportunity to demand a secret ballot election when a majority of employees sign the union card,.

The act would take away a workers fundamental right to a secret ballot while voting to approve a union. This could lead to intimidation by union leaders of employees that do not want to be unionized.

It is natural for democrats to give unions 100 percent support to repay them for the fact that unions give more that 90 percent of their donations to the Democratic party. This can be seen at www.fec.gov. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you. I report, U decide . By alanrph2@msn.com.