Across the country, momentum is building for passage of the bill, the AFL-CIO reported. Workers have been delivering thousands of messages via e-mail, phone calls or in rallies urging Senate support for the act.
The Employee Free Choice Act would improve the nation’s labor laws to give workers greater freedom to make their own decisions about joining a union and bargaining for better wages, benefits and working conditions.
The AFL-CIO has organized an online card campaign to mobilize last-minute support for the legislation. Click here to add your name to thousands of others that will be delivered to the U.S. Senate.
On Tuesday, workers will rally in nearly 60 cities nationwide to urge their senators to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act. More than 3,000 people are expected to rally on Capitol Hill in the middle of the debate to make it clear that giving workers a free choice is a priority.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Employee Free Choice Act in March. In the Senate, it is authored by Senator Edward Kennedy and co-sponsored by 46 others, including Minnesota\'s Amy Klobuchar. So far, Minnesota\'s other senator, Norm Coleman, has indicated he opposes the bill.
The legislation will need at least 60 votes to avoid a filibuster that could kill it.
The legislation would rein in the employer harassment, intimidation and anti-worker tactics tens of thousands of workers encounter every year when they try to form unions.
Currently, employers decide if workers can choose a union by majority sign-up or by the longer National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election process, which many employers exploit to threaten and intimidate workers who support the union.
Adapted from an article on the AFL-CIO news blog, http://blog.aflcio.org
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Across the country, momentum is building for passage of the bill, the AFL-CIO reported. Workers have been delivering thousands of messages via e-mail, phone calls or in rallies urging Senate support for the act.
The Employee Free Choice Act would improve the nation’s labor laws to give workers greater freedom to make their own decisions about joining a union and bargaining for better wages, benefits and working conditions.
The AFL-CIO has organized an online card campaign to mobilize last-minute support for the legislation. Click here to add your name to thousands of others that will be delivered to the U.S. Senate.
On Tuesday, workers will rally in nearly 60 cities nationwide to urge their senators to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act. More than 3,000 people are expected to rally on Capitol Hill in the middle of the debate to make it clear that giving workers a free choice is a priority.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Employee Free Choice Act in March. In the Senate, it is authored by Senator Edward Kennedy and co-sponsored by 46 others, including Minnesota\’s Amy Klobuchar. So far, Minnesota\’s other senator, Norm Coleman, has indicated he opposes the bill.
The legislation will need at least 60 votes to avoid a filibuster that could kill it.
The legislation would rein in the employer harassment, intimidation and anti-worker tactics tens of thousands of workers encounter every year when they try to form unions.
Currently, employers decide if workers can choose a union by majority sign-up or by the longer National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election process, which many employers exploit to threaten and intimidate workers who support the union.
Adapted from an article on the AFL-CIO news blog, http://blog.aflcio.org