Employee Free Choice Act

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Employee Free Choice Act

Introduction

The backbone of sustainable social and economic development in any nation is highly dependent on respect of fair and just employee engagement practices . This is because such practices are instrumental in ensuring the realization of economic independence for the individual family units of the community . It is due to this reason that the American nation has been in the forefront in enacting and enforcing employee friendly labor laws . Among these

numerous laws is the proposed Employee Free Choice Act , which seeks to amend the National Labor Relations Act to implement a more efficient system for protecting employees ' right to engage in collective bargaining through unions (Sachs , 2010 . The Employee Free Choice Act provides for three main changes to the National Labor Relations Act

First , it allows for the certification of unions based on collecting signatures from majority employees (Cunningham Schnake , 2009 . The other key provision is that the law will dictate for entering into a collective agreement between the union and the employer in not more than 120 days after recognition of the union (Cunningham Schnake , 2009 Lastly , the law will impose stiffer penalties for anti-union practices by employers (Cunningham Schnake , 2009 . However , the Act has received critics that it could serve to compromise the rights of employees to voluntarily participate in unions . This seeks to identify the rationale , weaknesses , and strengths of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act as well as giving...