Local democrats examine card-check law

Arkansas Democrat-Chronicle:  Amy Niehouse, a member of the AFLCIO's Organizing Institute and an organizer trainer, discussed a proposed federal law, the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow workers to gain union representation if more than half of a group of employees sign union cards.   Organizing unions, as well as teaching workers how to organize for 25 years, Niehouse travels the nation and is now assigned by the union to the northwest Arkansas area.   She was the guest speaker at Monday's meeting of the Benton County Democratic Women, which met at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in Bentonville.  The Employee Free Choice Act would allow employees to signal support for unionizing, openly signing a card calling for it. If a majority signed, a company would have a time period in which to negotiate union representation.   Opponents of the measure have said workers' secret-ballot privileges would be lost and some workers forced to join unions against their will.    Corporation representatives have talked about the EFCA threatening workers' secret ballots when they decide on the organization of a union. But now, union-creating elections are conducted unfairly - at the business, the home turf of the corporation; with anti-union officials allowed to withhold contact information about employees, potential voters, until what is usually much too late in the organizing process, Niehouse said.   …
Personal letters from club members, if they could be hand delivered to the Fayetteville office of U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., could help persuade the Arkansas senator to support the EFCA, Niehouse said.

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