Newswise — "There could be a big battle in the upcoming Congress between business and labor over the Employee Free Choice act," says Donald Beachler, associate professor of politics at Ithaca College. "The act would change union organization from an election system to a card check system; when 50 percent of the employees in a workplace sign a card asking for unionization, employers must recognize the unions.
"Unions are very much in favor of this. The Chambers of Commerce, The National Association of Manufacturers and business in general is very much opposed. Wal-Mart spoke strongly against this, arguing that it could lead to the unionization of Wal-Mart. In the senate, Barack Obama and Joe Biden were in favor of it," said Beachler.
Known as the encyclopedia of Congress around the Politics Department, Beachler has written on labor unions and American politics. He also has written numerous papers and articles on Congress, public policy, social security reforms and proposals, social security as the third rail in politics, the long-term viability of social security, federal taxes and the budget, elections, voter turnout, as well as politics and race.
Beachler co-authored "Winning the White House, 2004." His chapter "Ordinary Events and Extraordinary Times: The 2002 Congressional Elections" appeared in "Transformed by Crisis: The Presidency of George W. Bush and American Politics."
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