EFCA And You

You may not have heard of the Employee Free Choice Act. No word of it reached my ears until Wal-Mart began instructing employees to help defeat Obama in November. The piece of proposed legislation scared Wal-Mart executives, because it could prompt a revivification of the dwindling middle class here in the United States. EFCA would make it simple and easy for working class employees here to unionize, and demand a greater share of the enormous profits major corporations have been raking in like robber barons.

The hyper-wealthy in this nation despise the idea that everyone should be treated equally. If everyone were treated equally, then employees would receive quality health care. On an even playing field, employees would earn enough money to survive in modest comfort, and maybe enough to save a little money also. Dehumanizing working conditions would become a thing of the past, or an option that would become more costly to corporations than it would be worth. All of these things, and many others, would mean executives and businessmen would have to opt for smaller private jets, smaller mansions and the less expensive Bentley models... a fate worse than death. The super wealthy would be forced to descend from their status as demigods, and act like normal people.

EFCA would not threaten the jobs of the everyday working white men. It would empower the causes of both the majority and the minorities in the workplace. The legislation isn't about race or creed or religion. The legislation proposes one very important thing: Give workers more rights. That means all workers. If anybody says otherwise, then they have an ulterior motive for lying about it or they have been sorely misinformed.

I strongly urge anyone interested in supporting or refuting the ideas behind the Employee Free Choice Act to read Joshua Holland's article "Corporate America Prepares for Battle Against Worker Campaign to Roll Back Assault on the Middle Class." One may not agree with the principles of unionization. The plight of the working class and dwindling middle class has been swept under the rug for many years, and some people may not believe there is any problem at all. Labor causes have been demonized by the Republicans for so long that some of the people who most stand to benefit from the struggle believe the causes are wrong. The objective information about what organized labor stands for, and what the Employee Free Choice Act will do, could change the way Republicans have led many people to think.