Would the Employee Free Choice Act Effectively Protect the Right to Unionize

Evidence from a South Florida Nursing Home Case

Bibliographic Data

ID11229975
AuthorsBruce Nissen (Florida International University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume34
Issue1
Pages65-90
Publication date2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLabor Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0160-449X • E-ISSN: 1538-9758
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0160449x08328883
OpenAlexW1989685610
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

This article examines in detail union busting in a nursing home facility in Florida and asks whether the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would have protected workers' freedom to choose if it had been in effect at the time. It systematically applies EFCA's provisions to the events of the case and concludes that EFCA would have been helpful to the workers. However, EFCA would not have erased all obstacles to free employee choice, especially for low-wage workers like these. It also reveals that one of the least known features of EFCA would have been most crucial in this case

Business · Economics · Hands free · Labour economics · Law and economics · Political science · Public relations · Wage · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions

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