Your Senators Must Hear from You NOW: The Employee Free Choice Act Vote is soon!

Soon the Employee Free Choice Act,  the most important labor legislation in over 70 years in will come before the US Senate.  The Act insures our freedom to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.

Lobbyists for the corporate front groups opposing the Employee Free Choice Act are all over Capitol Hill right now. Congress is definitely hearing from them. Before the Senate votes, make sure your Senators are hearing your voice, too.

Please use the following form to send a fax urging your U.S. Senators to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act, with no limiting amendments. Or call their Capitol Office and voice your support for the Employee Free Choice Act

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

I urge you to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act and to reject any limiting amendments that might be proposed.

The Employee Free Choice Act is the most important labor legislation in over 70 years. The Act will insure our freedom to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions. It is the key to rebuilding America's middle class and insuring working families a real chance for prosperity.

Today, less than 30 percent of Americans feel we're getting ahead financially--and less than a quarter of us believe our children's generation will be better off. Being able to bargain collectively provides the best way for working people to get ahead economically, to insure a better future for our children and to rebuild America's middle class.

I know corporate lobbyists are trying to convince you to vote against the Employee Free Choice Act. They are telling you that unions are trying to take away employees' "precious right to vote". This is not true. Employees will still be able to petetion for a vote. This legislation just insures they will have the right to a union without having to run a gauntlet of armed guards to get it. If this legislation denied employees the opportunity to vote to have a union the corporate lobbyist would not be saying a word about workers "right" to vote. Do you really think that Wall Street CEOs and Chamber of Commerece presidents care about workers' rights?

I want to be sure you are hearing my voice as well and that you understand the Employee Free Choice Act is the top priority for America's working families because it's our best chance to get ahead economically and will help blunt thepower of greedy Corporate CEOs.

The Employee Free Choice Act would restore workers' freedom to make our own choice about whether to have a union so we can bargain for a better life--without unfair interference and intimidation from management. We need this legislation because today's system for forming unions and bargaining is broken. Employers routinely coerce, intimidate, harass, threaten and even fire workers who dare to try.

It's time to change that--and you can do so by voting for the Employee Free Choice Act, with no limiting amendments.

Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is extremely important to me. I will be watching the vote.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
March 16, 2009