Help 60 million workers gain a union.

Tell Congress: Restore Workers’ Freedom to Form Unions

Some 60 million U.S. workers say they would join a union if they could. But when workers try to gain a union voice on the job, employers respond with intimidation, harassment and retaliation. And our labor laws are too weak to stop them.

The Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041, H.R. 800) would ensure that when a majority of employees in a workplace decide to form a union, they can do so without the debilitating obstacles employers now use to block their free choice.

Specifically, the Employee Free Choice Act would strengthen protections for workers' freedom to form unions by requiring employers to recognize a union once a majority of workers signed cards authorizing union representation. It also would provide for mediation and arbitration of first-contract disputes and authorize stronger penalties for employers that violate the legal rights of workers seeking to form unions or negotiate first contracts.

Please send a message to your U.S. Senators and Representative urging them to co-sponsor the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Subject:
The Employee Free Choice Act

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

As a constituent and a union worker, I'm writing to urge you to support the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041, H.R. 800).

I know first-hand how important it is for workers to be able to freely form unions to secure a decent standard of living, affordable health insurance and safe workplaces. For our democracy to work, workers must have a voice in our workplaces, communities and in our nation's civic and political life.

Among the basic human rights guaranteed by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the freedom to form and join trade unions, recognized by the U.S. government 13 years earlier in the National Labor Relations Act.

But today in America, when workers try to form unions they are routinely fired, threatened and coerced. In fact, workers who support a union are fired in 25 percent of private-sector union election campaigns. We must have strong laws to support the basic freedom of workers to choose for themselves whether to have a union.

I urge you to become a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act. If you are already a co-sponsor, I want to thank you for your support.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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