Small Business Owners for Employee Free Choice
04/14/09
It’s not just workers who see the benefits of the Employee Free Choice Act! Small business owners from across the country recently participated on a conference call to show their support for the bill and explain why a strong middle class is the key to a healthy economy. Darren Horndasch, the owner of Wisconsin Vision described the benefits of a union workforce:
With our employees, we’ve had an opportunity to develop policies and procedures that benefit the company. It’s been an entirely positive experience.
Horndasch says that without a strong middle class, small businesses like his won’t be able to function—and making sure people have good union jobs ensures that they can be part of a strong middle class.
Horndasch’s sentiment is shared by Jim O’Malley, the owner of Print and Copy Center of Pittsburgh. He describes the positive impact of seeing your employees as allies working towards the same goal:
My employees offer good, productive ideas, and we all work together. We have common goals we work towards.
I look at my employees as a partner. They understand that if the company is successful, they share in that.
These small business owners know that passing the Employee Free Choice Act isn’t just critical for workers, but for businesses and the larger economy as well.