[Pacg] Please Support the Employee Free Choice Act Now!

[Carolina 1961]

This is it. The battle lines are drawn for workers' freedom to form unions
so we can bargain with our employers for better wages, benefits and working
conditions. Today, the Employee Free Choice Act was re-introduced in
Congress.



*Representative Bruce Braley was among hundreds who have signed on to this
critical legislation as co-sponsors. Please tell your representative to
become a leader in passing the Employee Free Choice Act.

**http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/fightforEFCA*<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/fightforEFCA/uxxnub4hj85eee?>



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 interference from management. In theory, we've had that right
for decades. But, in fact, the system for forming unions and bargaining is
broken. Employers routinely coerce, intimidate, harass, threaten and even
fire workers who dare to try.



That's got to end.



Today, only 38 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 through a union provides the best
way for working people to get ahead economically, to ensure a better future
for our children and to rebuild America's middle class. CEOs may be getting
contracts that protect their pay and benefits—but they fight tooth and nail
to keep us from having the same opportunity.



*Thank Representative Braley for co-sponsoring the Employee Free Choice
Act—but make it clear you expect more: leadership. Click
here<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/fightforEFCA/uxxnub4hj85eee?>.
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The Employee Free Choice Act would strengthen penalties for companies that
interfere with workers who try to form unions and bargain, establish
mediation and binding arbitration when the employer and workers cannot agree
on a first contract and enable workers to form unions when a majority signs
union authorization cards.



The Bush administration and corporate special interests have been eroding
the power of regular working Americans to get ahead for way too long. The
Employee Free Choice Act is our opportunity to level the playing field.



*Please take a minute right now to urge your representative to make you
proud by being a leader in the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act. Click
here <http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/fightforEFCA/uxxnub4hj85eee?>. *

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Thank you—this is our best chance to help America's working families
prosper.



In solidarity,



*Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO
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*P.S. Follow the latest news about the Employee Free Choice Act and get
tools for the fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act at **
www.EmployeeFreeChoiceAct.org* <http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/ppq1-3E1oPmh/>
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