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NEW! Fact sheet from American Rights at Work: The Case for Arbitration in Labor Law Reform (PDF)
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Take Action: Your Representative Can Be the Difference!
Today, we took an important step towards restoring balance and fairness to our economy - the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 560, H.R. 1409) was introduced in BOTH the Senate and the House of Representatives.
With both houses of Congress now considering the bill, there's no time to waste. Click here to contact your Representative NOW
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It's Time to Restore Workers' Freedom to Form Unions
America's working people are struggling to make ends meet these days and our middle class is disappearing. The best opportunity working people have to get ahead economically is by uniting to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits. Recent research has shown that some 60 million U.S. workers would join a union if they could.
But the current system for forming unions and bargaining is broken. Every day, corporations deny workers the freedom to decide for themselves whether to form unions to bargain for a better life. They routinely intimidate, harass, coerce and even fire workers who try to form unions and bargain for economic well-being.
The Employee Free Choice Act (S. 560, H.R. 1409) supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would level the playing field for workers and employers and help rebuild America's middle class. It would restore workers' freedom to choose a union by:
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Establishing stronger penalties for violation of employee rights when workers seek to form a union and during first-contract negotiations.
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Providing mediation and arbitration for first-contract disputes.
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Allowing employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.
Read On...
Click here to go to the AFL-CIO's special EFCA website
Click here to see the May/June 2008 BCTGM News Feature on EFCA
Click here to read about CBC Workers and the Fight for EFCA
