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AED Card Check Action Center

AED Card Check Action CenterThe Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA or "card check") seemed to be dead just a couple of months ago. However, with liberal interest groups spending millions of dollars on advertising and big labor pressuring moderate Democrats, EFCA is once again popping up on Capitol Hill.

The good news is that it appears that EFCA's "card check" provision will be dropped from the new version of EFCA. Card check would have replaced the secret ballot in union organizing elections with a scheme that allows a union to organize if a majority of workers simply sign a card. However, word on the Hill is that card check could be replaced with provisions permitting greater union access to the workplace, quick elections (also known as "ambush elections"), and mail ballots.

Combine these new proposals with EFCA's controversial binding arbitration provision that would permit a government arbitrator to impose a two-year collective bargaining agreement on employers and employees (regardless of whether either party consents) and EFCA is as bad, if not worse, than it was with the card check provision.

The labor unions are powerful and committed to pushing EFCA into law sooner rather than later. YOU are the key to stopping EFCA. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle woke up to the fact that card check was a bad idea after hearing from employers and employees across the country. It is time to let Congress know that an EFCA compromise is also a misguided proposal. Use the resources below to tell them to vote against EFCA:
  • For more information about the EFCA from the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (AED is a member of CDW's steering committee), CLICK HERE.

  • To see if your senators are cosponsors of EFCA, CLICK HERE.

  • To see if your representative is a cosponsor of EFCA, CLICK HERE.

  • To send an email about card check to your representative and senators using the AEDaction.org online grassroots action center, CLICK HERE.

  • For a draft email to send your employees about card check, CLICK HERE.

  • For a letter to your senators you can copy onto your company letterhead and send to Capitol Hill (instructions below), CLICK HERE.

  • For a letter to your representative you can copy onto your company letterhead and send to Capitol Hill (instructions below), CLICK HERE.

  • Instructions for sending letters to Congress:
    1. Copy the text of the letter onto your company's letterhead.
    2. Go to http://www.aedaction.org.
    3. Enter your zip code in the box on the right side of the screen.
    4. Click on the name of the representative or senator you wish to contact.
    5. Click on the "Contact" tab above the member of Congress' picture.
    6. Insert the representative or senators' fax number and name into the letter along with your personal information.
    7. Print your letter and fax it to the number indicated.
    8. Fax a copy to AED's Washington office (703.739.9488)
If you have any questions about EFCA or contacting Congress, please contact AED's Washington office at 703.739.9513 or aeddc@aednet.org.