H.R.800 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 Sponsor: George Miller / 110th Congress

Title
110th Congress - To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. hidemore...
Summary
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
Status
The bill was voted on in the House on March 1, 2007
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Vote Date:
June 26, 2007
Motion:
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.800
Location:
Senate
Result:
Fail
  • 51 Yes Votes100%
  • 48 No Votes94.1176470588%
  • 1 Not Voting1.96078431373%
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Jan 2001-Aug 2008 Senate

Interests who did want this bill to become law (such as Labor Unions and Manufacturing unions) gave an average of:

  • $36,343 to each legislator voting Yes
    100%
  • $294 to each legislator voting No
    0.808262908468%

Interests who did not want this bill to become law (such as Chambers of commerce and Labor, anti-union) gave an average of:

  • $13,335 to each legislator voting Yes
    36.6914268703%
  • $25,586 to each legislator voting No
    70.3998712984%

Contribution data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)

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Employee Free Choice Act may actually undermine employees' free choice by Angela Xu, Jul 31, 2008 (8:20pm)

This bill would eliminate the secret ballot practice used to determine whether to organize a union, and replace that with a public card signing. Opponents argue that this would leave workers open to coercion from their union colleagues, and that the card signing is undemocratic. Small businesses also say that this measure would cut them out of the wage bargaining process, weakening them tremendously. Unions like the bill because it provides an easy way for them to bolster membership at a time when their numbers are declining. President Bush has threatened to veto this bill if it passes Congress.

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