The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) » George Bush Veto http://www.ufcw.org a VOICE for working America Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:42:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 >Power Changing Hands http://www.ufcw.org/2008/12/21/power-changing-hands/ http://www.ufcw.org/2008/12/21/power-changing-hands/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:05:00 +0000 UFCW http://ufcw.org/2008/12/21/power-changing-hands/ >The Employee Free Choice Act sounds like a pretty good solution to a lot of the problems workers face when they’re trying to form a union. So why is there so much controversy around it? Basically, the same businesses, agencies, and people who oppose EFCA, oppose unions in general. This fact alone makes it easy to see that EFCA is just another means to empower workers, and so it threatens the people who hold the power under the current system.

A few examples of who opposes EFCA

- Wal-Mart: Held meetings to try to convince their managers not to vote for Democrats, because they would pass EFCA and empower Wal-Mart workers to finally be able to form a union.

- George Bush & Dick Cheney: Never a friend of working people, Bush promised to veto EFCA if it crossed his desk.

-The Employee Freedom Action Committee: Many of the commercials on TV against EFCA are funded by this group, which was created by a lobbyist specifically to oppose EFCA. The Lobbyist, Richard Berman even admitted “All of my clients are corporations,” so we’re pretty sure he doesn’t have workers’ best interests at heart. Berman runs other organizations such as the Center for Consumer Freedom which criticizes Mothers against Drunk Driving, and the Employment Policies Institute which opposes raising the minimum wage.

- US Chamber of Commerce: The voice of business owners in America.

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