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Opposing the Employee Free Choice Act

In recent months and weeks, AAHOA has sent out multiple Member Alerts urging members to contact their elected representatives to voice AAHOA’s strong opposition to the mis-named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), aka the "Card-Check Bill".  In the Alerts, AAHOA voices its strong opposition to taking away the rights of employees to use a secret ballot voting process when deciding whether to form a union in the workplace, and discusses the devastating impact the Act will have on hoteliers and small business owners around the country.

AAHOA also distributed an “Open Letter to Members of the U.S. Congress in Opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act” to all of our members and requested their signatures.  As this issue goes to print, over 400 AAHOA members have signed the Open Letter petition.  These signatures will be sent to key Democratic Senators, and other Senators who support the EFCA, when the Senate reconvenes.

Although the Democrats failed to attain a filibuster-proof Senate in the election on November 8, 2008, they nevertheless made decisive progress.  Combined with the victory of President-elect Obama, this means that the EFCA remains a real threat to small businesses in the months and years ahead.  AAHOA members who have not already done so are encouraged to sign the Open Letter and fax it to Managing Attorney Jordan Gillman at (404) 816-2724.  The open letter and the Member Alerts concerning the EFCA are available below.