EFCA by the Back Door

Organized Labor gets it. Employers should, but many don't.

EFCA, the Employee Free Choice Act had one purpose: Make it easier for unions to acquire new members.

Employers got that part.

Whether through the concerted efforts of organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce or because of countless individual contacts with members of Congress, EFCA was stalled in 2009 and 2010 and, finally, iced by the 2010 mid-year elections.

Employers are just now beginning to recognize that organized labor has found another way to get payback for the $400+ million it spent in the political campaign of 2008 and $200+ million it spent in the political campaign of 2010: Have President Barack Obama stack the National Labor Relations Board with pro-union activists to remake the rules without any legislative involvement.