Letter the Post wouldn't print on EFCA

Dear Washington Post,

Your editorial column on the Employee Free Choice Act, "A Balance for Labor" misses the mark despite considerable hedging. Your chief argument for even writing the article is that the Employee Free Choice Act, which the U.S. House recently passed, "goes too far". We contend that is the employers who go too far.

You write, "Employers who don't want to see their workers organize deserve a chance to make that case to employees in advance of the decision." Employers already have that chance. They have the opportunity to establish fair, safe, and collaborative work environments at a time of their choosing. Workers, on the other hand, currently have to rely on the broken National Labor Relations Board process that you yourselves admit is weak and overly discouraging to workers simply seeking to improve their lives.

Passage of the EFCA would give workers more options for helping themselves and would put employers who go too far on notice that poor labor practices and bullying tactics will not be swept under the rug anymore.

Read more about EFCA in our oped.