One of the issues we’ll be following in the new administration is the EFCA or, as it’s more commonly known, “card check.” The bill would make it much easier for unions to organize and already its defeat is the rallying cry for business groups inside the Beltway who agree on little else. I argue in favor of the bill in the latest issue of Condé Nast Portfolio and so does T.A. Frank in The Washington Monthly (although with less enthusiasm) where I’m an alumnus and contributing editor. I’m not willing to give unions a free ride on their many mistakes or excesses over the years but on balance I think the playing field has been tilted against union organizing and EFCA would help arrest the decline in union membership.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=146694