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Bill to End Secret Ballots in Union Organizing Will Cost Blacks Their Jobs, Says Black Chamber of Commerce(CNSNews.com) – If a union-boosting bill is passed by Congress later this year, it could cost members of the African American community their jobs, members of a panel hosted by the National Black Chamber of Congress (NBCC) said at the National Press Club on Tuesday. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) or “card check†bill, is heavily favored by labor unions and their Democratic allies.The bill would give more leverage to union organizers by replacing the secret ballot with a system in which workers would openly sign a card saying they want to join a union. To unionize a workplace, fifty percent of the workers would have to sign a union authorization card. Critics say the public "card check" process leaves workers open to unfair pressure from union organizers. Further, they say that effectively eliminating the secret ballot is contrary to American tradition.Once 50 percent of a company's employees sign a union authorization card, the company would have to enter into negotations with the union within 10 days. If the union and the employer do not reach a final agreement with 120 days, the contract negotiations would go to binding arbitration conducted by the government, and a government official would dictate the wages and benefits the company must pay to its newly unionized workers.
