Offered
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To urge Congress to enact the "Employee Free Choice Act" (EFCA), which would allow unions to organize the employees of a company by getting signatures from a majority in face-to-face meetings with union organizers, rather than though an election in which workers have the right to cast a secret ballot. EFCA would also mandate that binding arbitration be used to determine the wages and terms if negotiations on an initial contract after the recognition of a union reach an impasse.
Referred to the Committee on Labor
Adopted in the House by voice vote
Motion to reconsider
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The vote by which the House adopted House Resolution No. 21. Note: Minority Republican members had sought a record roll call vote on the resolution, but the House majority leadership 'failed to hear' the motions for this, and instead passed it on a voice vote (using a 'fast gavel' technique that is not uncommon in the House).
The motion failed 49 to 54 (details)
