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Recommendations Notes
Source: Heritage Foundation calculations using data from the December 2006 to November 2007 Current Population Survey, conducted by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workers covered by the Employee Free Choice Act are those subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Consequently, any worker who reported working for the government, for railways, for airlines, in agriculture, or as a self-employed person is not
covered by the Act. Since the NLRA does not cover supervisors, managers were also excluded from EFCA coverage. Union members were not
considered covered by EFCA since they already belong to unions and Congress rejected amendments to the bill to extend card-check procedures
to workers leaving unions, not those joining.
Additional Resources
“American Workers Deserve a RAISE: Lifting the Pay Cap for 8 Million Employees,” Heritage
Foundation Fact Sheet No. 30, June 4, 2009, at http://www.heritage.org/Press/FactSheet/
fs0030.cfm
James Sherk and Diem Nguyen, “Restricting H-1B Visas Is Bad for Business and
the Economy,” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2440, May 13, 2009, at
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2440.cfm
James Sherk, “Ban on the Permanent Replacement of Strikers: The Heritage Foundation
2009 Labor Boot Camp,” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2207, January 15, 2009, at
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2207.cfm
James Sherk and Ryan O’Donnell “RAISE Act Lifts Pay Cap on 8 Million American Workers,”
Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2270, June 4, 2009, at http://www.heritage.org/
Research/Labor/bg2270.cfm
“Employee ‘NO’ Choice Act: Increasing the Federal Government’s Role, Again,” Heritage
Foundation Fact Sheet #14, March 10, 2009, at http://www.heritage.org/Press/FactSheet/
fs0014.cfm
James Sherk, “Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA): The Heritage Foundation 2009
Labor Boot Camp,” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2210, January 15, 2009, at
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2210.cfm
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