The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has scheduled a hearing on the card-check legislation for next Tuesday, March 27.

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 800. the so called “Employee Free Choice Act. The Maryland Chamber opposed this legislation, which strips away employees’ freedom to choose whether or not union representation is right for themselves and their families.

Currently, the most common method for determining whether or not employees want a union to represent them is a secret ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB provides detailed procedures that ensure a fair election, free of fraud, where employees may cast their vote confidentially without peer pressure or coercion from unions or employers.

The “Employee Free Choice Act,” would replace this process with a process called “card check,” where a union is recognized in a workplace if a majority of workers sign a card in the presence of union organizers and fellow employees who support unionization.

Learn more here:

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• National Association of Manufacturers