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Perspective

Feb. 15, 2011

The Employee Free Choice Act Is Alive and Well At the NLRB

A change in leadership at the National Labor Relations Board leaves employers facing enhanced penalties for unfair labor practices. By Matthew C. Kane and Sabrina A. Beldner of McGuireWoods LLP.


By Matthew C. Kane and Sabrina A. Beldner


Although the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is no longer looming in Congress, President Barack Obama's recent appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are raising the stakes for employers by imposing stricter remedial penalties for employer unfair labor practices. Enhancing the enforcement penalties for employer unfair labor practices was a central component of EFCA. Now, even without EFCA's pass...

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