by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2012 | NLRB
In 2007 the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America campaigned to organize the card dealers at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J. Days before the election, the union assembled federal, state and local...
by Girish Anand | Aug 5, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
The site called “What Is EFCA?” is pretty gnarly looking, but it’s offering a new take on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) with a somewhat interactive presentation called “Card Checked the Game.” Behind the site and game, evidently,...
by Girish Anand | May 6, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
Senator Tom Harkin, D.-Iowa, says compromise is in order to save the Employee Free Choice Act, specifying that the card check provision will no doubt have to be dropped. "Compromises are going to be made," said Harkin, 69. "It probably won’t be...
by Girish Anand | Apr 22, 2009 | Random Musings
As is their wont, the French reject American culture while embracing and perfecting it, in their own inimitable way. Take the example of unionization. France is widely unionized. You can hardly visit there without the garbage collectors or air traffic controllers or...
by Girish Anand | Feb 6, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
The AFL-CIO descended on Capitol Hill Wednesday in support of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), bearing a petition with a claimed 1.5-million signatures. The laborite love fest came a few days after Vice-President Joe Biden said “welcome back to the White...