On March 10^th, 2009 Congress introduced the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation that would enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union. 

The Employee Free Choice Act would put the choice of whether to form a union back in workers’ hands by giving them the option of using majority sign-up, an alternative to the current company-dominated system.  Large national companies with good profit margins and good labor relations, such as AT & T and Kaiser Permanente, have used majority sign-up successfully for years.  The legislation also guarantees that companies can’t just drag their feet on a first contract and levels the playing field by putting real penalties on companies that violate the law.  Read more…