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NC Voices for Choice: Dwaine Atkinson, UAW
08 Jun 2009 by Tessie in Federal Issues, Home Page, Issues / No Comments
Something needs to be doneDwaine Atkinson is a retired UAW member and resident of North Carolina for the past 20 years. He is a strong supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act and workers’ right to bargain collectively.
“The Employee Free Choice Act is necessary because the table is tilted too far towards the employer,” Dwaine says. “It should be up to the employee, not the employer, whether to form a union through majority sign-up or secret ballot elections.”
The Employee Free Choice Act doesn’t aim for radical change. The majority sign-up versus secret ballot option has always existed under the current labor laws, and many progressive companies, such as AT&T and Kaiser Permanente, have opted for majority sign-up. As Dwaine points out, the only difference is that under EFCA, the workers choose.
Dwaine believes that the Employee Free Choice Act would not only ensure that workers have a voice on the job, but would also eliminate many problems in the time leading up to union elections.
“Something needs to be done to level the playing field,” says Dwaine. “I believe that the Employee Free Choice Act is that something.”
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