Send Thanks on Employee Free Choice Act (Co-sponsors)

The Employee Free Choice Act is federal legislation that would give employees - not their bosses - the choice about how to form a union. The bill will soon be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, where already four Congressmen from North Carolina have signed on as co-sponsors: David Price (4th District), Mel Watt (12th District), Brad Miller (13th District), and our newest representative, Larry Kissell (8th District). We need to thank Reps. Price, Watt, Miller, and Kissell for taking a leadership role as co-sponsors of the Employee Free Choice Act.

Sample Letter for Campaign

Subject: Employee Free Choice Act - Thank You

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

Thank you for co-sponsoring the Employee Free Choice Act. As a co-sponsor, you have shown me you really get what the Act is all about - creating an economy that works for everyone again.

To make that happen, America's workers need the freedom to bargain with their employers for secure jobs, health care, retirement benefits and fair pay. The Employee Free Choice Act will restore that freedom by leveling the playing field when workers want to form a union and will help us rebuild the middle class.

In addition to co-sponsoring the Act, I also urge you to talk to the other members of our delegation in the House Democratic Caucus about voting for its passage.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
February 26, 2009


Background Information

The Employee Free Choice Act will restore workers' freedom to form unions in the manner of their choosing. Currently, when a majority of workers sign-up for union representation, their bosses can deny them their choice and force them into a process that favors employers.

Majority sign-up is not new or untested. It has been legal since the National Labor Relations Act was enacted in 1935, and millions of workers have formed unions by signing union authorization cards under a majority sign-up procedure.

What's new about the Employee Free Choice Act is employers will no longer be able to deny their employees the freedom to form a union using majority sign-up.

The Employee Free Choice Act does not eliminate the secret ballot process if workers choose it. Whether employees choose the ballot box or majority sign-up, the choice will be theirs to make, not their bosses'.