Employee Free Choice Act Analysis

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One of the most comprehensive proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Act in modern times, the Employee Free Choice Act still remains an active agenda in Congress. Throughout this paper, the background and importantance of the EFCA, along with its' strengths and weaknesses, will all be explored.
How did the Employee Free Choice Act evolve? In recent years, labor leaders have often agreed with Wilma B. Liebman, Chair of the National Labor Relations Board, that the percentage of union members in the United States was historically low. Those labor leaders and Liebman also questioned that the act does not provide a basis for labor-relations in the United States' employment market and proposed that there needs to be improvement (Carrell
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First, job security. Before the Employee Free Choice Act, employers could threaten the employees to go against the formation of the union. However, with the Employee Free Choice Act, it is impossible for any organization and employer to threaten or harass the employee in order to intervene with the progress of the union formation (Employee, 2017). Secondly, the EFCA enables protests against poor working conditions. Workers are supported to protest against the unsafe and hazardous working conditions, which also includes issues of underpayment, timely bonuses, proper access to health care, etc. (Employee, 2017). With strengths comes some weaknesses. First, financial struggles. The Employee Free Choice Act empowers the employees to form a union with ease and demand for union benefits and wages, which cuts the control of the employer over the company. The employees have no right to choose as the union initiates the demand, so the employees have no option but to joining a union (Employee, 2017). Secondly, empowerment to the non-needy. Not all unions are capable of representing the employees in a proper way. Some inefficient and ineffective unions may prove to be harmful (Employee, 2017).
With the evidence provided through my research and the course textbook, I support the Employee Free Choice Act. There are several reasons as to why I support the EFCA, but there is one that really confirms my positioning. Looking back at the first strength described in the previous paragraph, job security, I believe this strength protects employees and their rights. With the Employee Free Choice Act, it protects the employees from being persuaded into something they don't necessary believe in or want to be a part