Secret Ballot vs. "Free Choice"

[screamsndreams]

From the WSJ:

In a largely party-line vote last week, Democrats in the House passed the Employee Free Choice Act, a measure that rewrites the rules for union organizing by eliminating secret-ballot elections. The Senate is up next. And if you suspect this has everything to do with expanding union membership and nada to do with "employee free

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[thesaj]

And since a fair number of union contracts tie wages to multiples of the minimum wage. What does the recent "Minimum wage increase" mean to those union members who's hourly rate is 4x minimum wage?

About $8.50 raise....

[voland]

Very interesting. Thank you.