New at Reason: Shikha Dalmia on the Dangers of the Employee Free Choice Act

July 20, 2009

With the installation of Al Franken in the Senate and yet another change of heart by Sen. Arlen Specter, Democrats might well have a filibuster-proof majority to secure the top item on Big Labor's wish list: The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). So far the act's elimination of secret ballot elections for unionization has garnered most of the critical attention. But as Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia notes, EFCA contains another controversial provision: compulsory arbitration. This would be no less destructive to the rights of employers and workers, and the economy as a whole. Exhibit A: Michigan.

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