The Washington Post described the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) as a"law offering a card checkoff as an alternative to secret-ballot elections for union representation." Actually, workers can already organize through card check rather an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.
However, at present the manner through which the certification occurs is left in the hands of the employer. The ECFA would let the workers decide which route they wanted to follow.
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