Ramesh, congressmen from rust-belt states should be skeptical of the argument that passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (“EFCA”) will somehow protect jobs and raise wages in those states. EFCA makes profound changes to the National Labor Relations Act, but it does not amend section 14(b) of the Act pertaining to right to work laws. What are the probabilities that companies faced with the prospect of ”instant” unionization and labor costs mandated by an arbitrator might choose to relocate to right to work states?
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Peter Kirsanow is an attorney and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
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