The right to form a union is one of the basic human rights proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by representatives of four-fifths of United Nations member countries on Dec. 10, 1948.

Yet right here at home, the system for forming unions is broken.

Employers routinely harass, coerce and even fire people who try to form unions, and U.S. labor law has become too weak to stop them. Workers in the U.S. have fewer rights than workers in any other industrialized country.
 
Tell your senators America’s working families need the Employee Free Choice Act to restore the freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

The right to form a union is one of the basic human rights proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

As the Declaration says, "Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests."

Yet here in the U.S., workers have fewer rights than workers in any other industrialized country.

We need the Employee Free Choice Act to restore the freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.

I urge you and your Senate colleagues to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.

America's working people are struggling to make ends meet, and our middle class is disappearing.

The best opportunity many workers have to get ahead economically is by uniting with co-workers to bargain with employers for better wages, benefits and working conditions.

But every day, corporations intimidate, harass, coerce and even fire people who try to organize unions and bargain. This is an urgent crisis, blocking our free will and our ability to get ahead.

Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act would give workers greater freedom to decide whether to join a union and bargain with employers.

Please support this important legislation. With it, America's middle class can begin to rebuild.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
November 29, 2007