General Counselor » card check http://general-counselor.com Labor & Employment Law for General Counsel Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:42:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 EFCA IN TROUBLE? http://general-counselor.com/2009/03/26/efca-in-trouble/ http://general-counselor.com/2009/03/26/efca-in-trouble/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:28:53 +0000 Mark A. Spognardi http://general-counselor.com/?p=110 On Tuesday, March 24, 2009, Senator Arlen Specter revealed that he will not support EFCA in its current form.  His announcement calls into question whether EFCA will pass in its current form, given the hesitation to support the bill by both Arkansas senators, and the senator for Louisiana.  Senator Harry Reid continues to bleet that it will become law.  There is a smell of compromise in the air.

]]> http://general-counselor.com/2009/03/26/efca-in-trouble/feed/ 0 Card Check Could Be Law By July http://general-counselor.com/2009/03/04/card-check-could-be-law-by-july/ http://general-counselor.com/2009/03/04/card-check-could-be-law-by-july/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:23:00 +0000 Mark A. Spognardi http://general-counselor.com/?p=70 As reported by Law360 today:

EFCA Could Be Law Within 5 Months: Union Leader

Law360, New York (March 03, 2009) — AFL-CIO Executive Council member and union leader James Williams said Tuesday that he expected the controversial Employee Free Choice Act to pass in the next four or five months.

Williams, general president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, is one of more than 40 members who comprise the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council….To Read More about EFCA click here.

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