UNITE HERE backs bill to make it easier for workers to join unions

Republican lawmakers are slowing down the confirmation of Hilda Solis to head the Department of Labor over her position on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). During her confirmation hearing earlier this month, Solis dodged questions regarding EFCA, legislation that big business is opposed to. Groups like The Center for Union Facts, which is backed by corporations, say that the bill would eliminate employee's right to a secret ballot – although EFCA would mean that workers could join a union by simply signing a card. These groups have recently taken out full-page ads in papers like the L.A. Times and the Wall Street Journal – one of them places a picture of General President of UNITE HERE Bruce Raynor, along with Idi Amin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Aura Bogado spoke with Raynor, who says big business opposes EFCA to preserve low wages.

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