On April 15, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and 32 employer organizations sent a letter to Congress in support of the Worker Enfranchisement Act, which would require a two-thirds participation rate in union representation elections.

The following can be attributed to CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen:

“Current labor law allows unions to become the exclusive bargaining representative of a workforce with bare minimum support from the workers. This is possible, because there is no participation rate requirement in the National Labor Relations Act. The Worker Enfranchisement Act would fix this oversight by requiring at least two-thirds of a potential bargaining unit participate in a representation election before the results can be certified. By requiring real participation from the impacted workforce, Congress can guarantee that workers’ desires on union representation are both heard and carried out. Unions would have to have true majority support before they can obtain exclusive representation over those workers. CDW urges Congress to pass this common-sense bill.”