Why Oppose EFCA? It’s All About Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
September 14, 2009
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Alexa Marrero
((202) 225-4527)
Mike Weaver doesn’t oppose unions. He opposes unemployment – and that’s why he’s against the Employee Free Choice Act.
In a Sunday essay for The Indianapolis Star, Weaver – president of Weaver Popcorn Co. in Noblesville, Ind.– criticized the act’s ability to set aside the secret ballot for workers and instead use a “card check” system. But he mainly opposes EFCA for this reason: “It’s all about jobs.” Weaver writes the act’s ability to kill jobs would not be welcome – especially during this prolonged recession:
Weaver, “Opposition is based on anti-employment provisions,” The Indianapolis Star, 09.13.09 The latest unemployment figure for Indiana is 10.6 percent. Nationally, it is 9.7 percent. Just imagine what the Employee Free Choice Act can do to those numbers if it becomes law. Weaver and many other Americans can. Why can’t EFCA supporters? # # # |