Send Thanks on Employee Free Choice Act (2007 Supporters)

The Employee Free Choice Act is federal legislation that would give employees - not their bosses - the choice about how to form a union. In 2007, the bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives with the support of Congressmen G.K. Butterfield (1st District), Bob Etheridge (2nd District), Mike McIntyre (7th District), and Heath Shuler (11th District). The new Congress will take up the Employee Free Choice Act, soon. When it does, we need to make sure Reps. Butterfield, Etheridge, McIntyre, and Shuler will once again stand with us by pledging to vote for its passage.

Sample Letter for Campaign

Subject: Employee Free Choice Act - Thank You

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

Thank you for voting for the Employee Free Choice Act in the 110th Congress. I am counting on you to do so again when the Act comes up for a vote this session.

Working families are struggling in today's economy. To turn things around, 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 voting for passage of the Act, I also urge you to consider joining your colleagues who have already signed on as co-sponsors.

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'.