“Legislators who support the Employee Free Choice Act will detrimentally harm the most basic tenet of democracies such as ours — the right to a secret ballot — and will inflict further damage on the nation’s struggling economy. This bill would increase burdens and costs on job creators, invite intimidation and coercion into the workplace, devastate small businesses and result in the loss of millions of jobs.”
“America’s highest priority is job retention and the survival and growth of our small businesses, which create the most jobs in our country.”
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.
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