Labor Legislation Could Be Bad News for Businesses

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04-01-2009
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AS THE GOVERNMENT bails out one big company after another, leaving small businesses to grudgingly fend for themselves, new legislation may make their survival even more of a challenge.

Introduced in both houses of Congress last week, the Employee Free Choice Act, or EFCA, represents the most sweeping change in labor laws since the passing of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935. If signed into law, EFCA would not only make it easier for workers to join unions, but would also allow government intervention should labor disputes arise.

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