Resources and Supporting Materials
May 2008
General Studies and Reports
American Anthropological Association Policy Brief, “The Right of Employees to Organize Unions” (September 2007): http://www.aaanet.org/pdf/AAAPolicyBrief_092707.pdf
Americans for Democratic Action Policy Brief, “The Employee Free Choice Act: Protecting the Right of Workers to Choose Unions”: http://www.adaction.org/EFCA.pdf
AFL-CIO, The Silent War: http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/how/upload/vatw_issuebrief.pdf
Human Rights Watch, “Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards” (2000): http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/uslabor/
Leadership Council on Civil Rights, “Restoring the Right of Workers to Form Unions: A National Priority and a Civil Rights Imperative”: http://www.civilrights.org/assets/pdfs/LetAllVoicesBeHeard.pdf
Chirag Mehta and Nik Theodore, Undermining the Right to Organize: Employer Behavior During Union Representation Campaigns, American Rights at Work, (2005): http://www.araw.org/docUploads/UROCUEDcompressedfullreport%2Epdf
Gordon Lafer, Free and Fair?: How Labor Law Fails U.S. Democratic Election Standards, American Rights at Work (2005): http://araw.org/docUploads/LaferFactSheetFINAL%2Epdf
Gordon Lafer, Neither Free Nor Fair: The Subversion of Democracy Under National Labor Relations Board Elections, American Rights at Work (2007): http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/docUploads/NeitherFreeNorFair.pdf
John Logan, “Consultants, Lawyers, and the 'Union Free' Movement in the USA Since the 1970s,” Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 3, no. 3 (2002).
John Logan, “The Union Avoidance Industry in the United States,” British Journal of Industrial Relations (December 2006).
John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer, “Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During
Union Election Campaigns,” Center for Economic and Policy Research (2007).
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/unions_2007_01.pdf
Op-Eds, Blog Posts, and Articles
LAWCHA Members
David Brody, “Reinforcing Labor’s Right to Organize,” San Diego Union-Tribune (March 1, 2007): http://ww.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070301/news_lz1e1brody.html
David Brody, “Unions and the Public Interest” (April 22, 2008): http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/speakout/david_brody.cfm
Jeff Cowie, “For the Long Run: The Employee Free Choice Act,” Common Dreams (April 27, 2006): http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0427-32.htm
Martin Halpern, "Labor Looks for Help in Arkansas.” Arkansas Times. 17 May 2007.
Michael Honey, “King's Legacy: Defending the Right to Organize”
http://blogs.uwnews.org/politics/CategoryView,category,Labor.aspx
Michael Honey, “King's Unfinished Agenda,” Seattle Post Intelligencer:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/357655_king04.html
Nelson Lichtenstein, “New, Improved Unions,” The Los Angeles Times/latimes.com (April 29, 2007): http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oplichtenstein29apr29,1,3196748.story?coll=la-news-comment
Joseph Slater, “Given a Choice, Workers Go Union.” Akron Beacon Journal. 20 April 2007.
James Wolfinger, “Bill Backs Workers, Unions and Supports Democracy.” Chicago Sun Times. 12 May 2007.
Others
Stewart Acuff and Sheldon Friedman, “To Reduce Economic Inequality, Protect Workers’ Rights,” Huffington Post (March 12, 2008): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-acuff/to-reduce-economic-inequa_b_91127.html
Dean Baker, “The Recession and the Freedom to Organize,” AFL-CIO Point of View essay (February 2008): http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/speakout/dean_baker.cfm
Lance Compa, “A Shield Against Corporate Bullying,” Washington
Post/washingtonpost.com (February 27, 2007):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/26/AR2007022601245.html
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele, "How the Employee Free Choice Act Would
Help Colleges" The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 11, 2007)
Sarah Fox, “Let Them Sign Up For a Union,” Legal Times (April 23, 2007): http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/PubArticleDC.jsp?id=1176800655798
Staughton Lynd, “Another World is Possible,” Working USA 11, no. 1 (March, 2008): 165-169.
David Madland, “The Write Stuff,” Center for American Progress (April 10, 2008): http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/write_stuff.html
Harold Myerson, “A Dream Short-Circuited,” Washington Post (April
11, 2007):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041001309.html
Eduardo Moises Penalver, “The Right to Unionize: A Basic Catholic Principle,” Commonweal (April 20, 2007): http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php3?id_article=1913
James Gray Pope, “The Employee Free Choice Act and a Long-Term Strategy for Winning Workers’ Rights,” Working USA 11, no. 1 (March, 208): 125-144.
James Gray Pope, et. al., “Free Labor Today.” New Labor Forum (May 2007).
Robert Reich, “ Does Labor Need More Clout,” San Francisco Chronicle (March 3, 2008): http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/03/EDENV9NPG.DTL
House and Senate Testimony, Floor Speeches and Committee Reports
Larry Mishel, Economic Policy Institute:
http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2007_03_27_a/Mishel.pdf
Harley Shaiken, University of California, Berkley:
http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/upload/EFCA_Shaiken_20070208.pdf
Cynthia Estlund, New York University Law School:
http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2007_03_27_a/Estlund.pdf
Errol Hohrein, former Front Range Energy employee, USW:
http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2007_03_27_a/Hohrein.pdf
Nancy Schiffer, AFL-CIO:
http://edworkforce.house.gov/testimony/020807NancySchiffertestimony.pdf
Gordon Lafer, University of Oregon:
http://edworkforce.house.gov/testimony/020807GordonLafertestimony.pdf and http://appropriations.senate.gov/hearings.cfm?s=lbr
Keith Ludlum, Smithfield employee, North Carolina:
http://edworkforce.house.gov/testimony/020807KeithLudlumtestimony.pdf
Teresa Joyce, Cingular employee and CWA member:
http://edworkforce.house.gov/testimony/020807TeresaJoycetestimony.pdf
Ivo Camilio, Blue Diamond Growers employee, CA:
http://edworkforce.house.gov/testimony/020807IvoCamilotestimony.pdf
House Education and Labor Committee, Report on H.R. 800: The Employee Free Choice Act of 2007: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_reports&;docid=f:hr023.110.pdf
Senator Edward Kennedy [D-MA]:
http://help.senate.gov/Maj_press/2007_03_27.pdf
Senator Patty Murray [D-WA]:
http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=277282
Statements of Support by Non-Labor Organizations
American Library Association – Allied Professional Association: http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/upload/APAALA.pdf
American Public Health Association: http://www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policysearch/default.htm?id=1332
Americans for Democratic Action: http://www.adaction.org/pubs/364efcamary.html
Democratic National Committee: http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/upload/dnc_2007.pdf
Human Rights Watch: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/12/10/usdom6575_txt.htm
Pax Christi USA: http://www.paxchristiusa.org/news_events_more.asp?id=723
Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism: http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/upload/Reform_Judaism.pdf
United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society: http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/upload/UMC_Right_to_Bargain.pdf
On-Line Resources
AFL-CIO Voice@Work Campaign: http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/
American Rights at Work: http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/