Several broadcast unions backed a bill they say would make it eas...
Several broadcast unions backed a bill they say would make it easier for employees to join collective bargaining units. American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild and others urged speedy Senate passage…
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of the Employee Free Choice Act (S-1041), sponsored by 47 senators. The bill would let unions represent employees after a majority of workers sign a card supporting representation. Current rules allow a company to request an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, called by many employers the best way to ensure fair elections but scorned by unions as a delay tactic. The Senate bill is “perhaps the most important U.S. labor law reform to emerge in the last 70 years,” said the unions. They said the House passed it March 1, 241-185.