The Employee Free Choice Act may be stalled, but that’s not stopping the Teamsters. On Monday they posted an “all hands on deck” memo seeking 1,000 new organizers to help them deal with the “deluge” of organizing requests they expect after EFCA passes. Now that Al Franken will be seated as the 60th Senator in the Democratic caucus next week, it is likely we will see a major push by labor’s supporters to pass some sort of EFCA-derivative legislation in the next several weeks. Senator Harkin has threatened to call for a vote on something (either the current version of EFCA or “the son of EFCA”) right after the 4th of July recess. Many companies have been sitting on the fence, waiting to see what the actual law is going to provide. Others are preparing for the worst while hoping for the best. Either way, events are likely to happen rapidly over the next month. Don’t expect a long debate on this legislation… whatever debate is going to happen has been happening between Senator Harkin and Specter. When they put this thing up for a vote – whatever form it finally takes – it will happen quckly. So stay tuned.
