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EFCA is supposed to stand for Employee Free Choice Act, this particular act could not have been named any more deceiving.

Check out this video:

President Barack Obama last week reaffirmed his support for this piece of job-killing legislation, declaring that federal agencies would implement Big Labor’s agenda. While Obama continues to claim out of one side of his mouth that the economy and job creation are his top priorities, in the next breath he states his support for legislation that will result in lost jobs and closed businesses. Appearing on CSPAN’s Newsmakers, AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka promised a vote on EFCA before the end of the year.

A year ago the University of New Hampshire Survey Center for the Center for Union Facts did a survey about the EFCA and yet here we are still talking about it. 

No matter how it is phrased the EFCA (Employee Free Choice Act) is anything but good for the American public.  Not to mention, that despite its name, it does not aid the employee and it most certainly does not give the employee choice.

Nearly two-thirds of economists surveyed believe Congress should not pass the Employee Free Choice Act.

When informed about EFCA’s binding arbitration clause, the percentage of economists in favor of the bill declined from 36% to just 27%.

58% percent of economists believe that increased unionization would have a negative effect on President Obama’s job creation program, while only 22% believe it would have a positive effect.

By a ratio of more than 3 to 1, economists surveyed believe that changes to the economy and business climate — rather than employer resistance — are likely to blame for the recent decline in union membership.

In the end, EFCA is not only a job killer – it will kill businesses, the backbone of this countries economy.  Listen to what business owner has to say about EFCA:

Video Direct From Heritage Center

Closing Thoughts

“As President Obama looks for ways to pull the country out of its economic downturn, he should heed the opinions of economic experts who overwhelmingly believe that increased unionization will only further hinder our economic condition,” said Richard Berman, Executive Director of the Center for Union Facts. “Legislation like the curiously named Employee Free Choice Act, with its illogical binding arbitration clause, will only make things worse for American businesses and their employees.”

The Disclose Act is not a little thing and really the average American needs to pay attention to what is being rushed through Congress right now.

The DISCLOSE Act exempts unions and very large special interest groups!! And the little guy is left without a voice.

For more information on what this bill is all about, take a look at this site, it will give you the general statements and an understanding of how this will effect you.

What This Means To You

Even if somehow the speech restrictions in this bill were constitutional, their uneven application would be a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection under the law. Even the left-leaning Sierra Club has labeled the DISCLOSE Act a two-tiered system that is “unfair and undemocratic” and that smaller grass-roots organizations would be disadvantaged because they lack the resources to cope with “the additional disclosure burdens.” The unions and the big non-profit groups get to keep their free speech given to them in the January Supreme Court decision, but the corporations and small non-profits lose theirs under DISCLOSE.

In the end it is a bill that should be feared.  If you happen to be a small non-profit, or a corporation then you will quickly see the added expenditures of staying compliant with the Disclose Act.

Freedom2Work recently found a disturbing trend in the government that is pushing toward unionizing any shop that wants to work on federal contracts.  Below is quoted text on this agenda, as well as a link in order to fill out the petition.

The private sector must unite to oppose unfair union activism by elected officials and by public sector officials. We must make two big changes:

1.) The President has signed Executive Orders that can require businesses that want to contract with the federal government to unionize. And his appointed Secretary of Labor (a former executive with the Service Employees International Union-SEIU) has written rules to make it standard practice. There is no way that our government should be allowed to require any business to be unionized in order to get government contracts that are paid for with taxpayer money!

2.) There is NO WAY that the public sector employees, who are paid with taxpayer dollars, should be allowed to take the tax dollars we pay them and give it as dues to a union who then provides political contributions to elected officials who will agree to give them even more taxpayer dollars. It is a clear conflict of interest and must be stopped.

To fill out the petition <<<Click Here>>>

Another big Union Company creating problems for the Non Union competitor.We as Americans all have a choice, where we choose to work and who we choose to work for. With big union corruption and harrasment threating and intimidating the small business owners and their workers where do we draw the line. Do the big unions have more rights than the small business owners ? I am beginning to think so. Why do they have more rights and why are they allowed to do things we would never do as Americans or small business owners. I thought it was a FREE country and we as American have a FREE CHOICE !!!!! Do We ?

                                                          UPS & Teamsters against federal Express

This article will give you information on unions and how they will and have affected the economy. It will also give detail and help you to understand how unions work and how corrupt some of them have become. It is a great article from a Great source.                

What Unions Do- How Labor Unions Affect Jobs and the Economy

This is a great site. If you are a business man or an employee of a NON-UNION company it will help you to understand  what your rights are . It seems the Big Unions are growing stronger and more corrupt each day. Each of us as an American has a free choice about where we work and who we work for….. Lets all work together to keep it that way !!!!!!!!!!

Visit Today: National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education

In legal terms this link will show the legal details of the formation of Legal and Safety Employers Research, Inc. (LASER).

Note the category and the classification, as well as the affiliation.  These are very interesting pieces to understand as you continue to learn about LASER.