Business Community Shows Hypocrisy as Usual

This American Rights at Work ad spotlights management's hypocrisy in opposing arbitration as a way for workers to get a first contract.

American Rights at Work is focusing public attention on the hypocrisy of Big Business which demands arbitration to resolve all kinds of disputes, but opposes it for negotiating first contracts with workers.

The Employee Free Choice Act calls for arbitration when unions and management don't reach a first contract after 90 days.

Under current labor law, workers face long delays, stalling tactics and employer-orchestrated decertification campaigns as they negotiate for a first-contract. Workers at Comcast in Pittsburgh know this too well; it was more than five years after they first voted for CWA representation that they gained a first contract.

The Employee Free Choice Act is moving forward, with action likely in the Senate by next month. For more information and to see the latest ads, go to www.freechoiceact.org.