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The Employee Free Choice Act can help reclaim the American Dream by restoring workers' freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life. Our goal is to gather signatures in support of this bill-1 million voices calling for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. But 1 million people is a lot of people. We won't reach our goal without your help and the help of your friends and family. Click here to read more about the Employee Free Choice Act.
3.31.09
Bill Connor, a USW staff representative, had his letter appear at Ohio.com. Read Bill's letter here.
3.12.09
The Courier, the newspaper of Findlat, Ohio, took a hard stance in their editorial against the Employee Free Choice Act. Read their comments and post a reply.
2.4.09
Pros and cons of the Employee Free Choice Act were discussed in Letters to the Editor in the Dayton Daily News. Read the two different sides here.
1.31.09
If Congress intends to rescue all Americans -- and not just the banks, hedge funds and insurance companies that got us into this economic crisis -- it needs to move quickly to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. Read the entire letter to the editor by Richard Parker is president of Americans for Democratic Action.>>
1.30.09
Building Trades weigh in on the Employee Free Choice Act in the Chillicothe Gazette - After 60 years of Labor Board and federal court interpretation, current law allows management to manage how an effort to organize will be conducted. The secret ballot election business holds as a sacred right is conducted when management deems it in the best interest of all involved, often after years of delay to wear down the resolve of those who wish to be represented and bargain collectively. Similarly, employees who have been disciplined or fired for pro-union activities must wait years for corrective action by a process that allows management instigated delay. Even if recognition of a union is achieved, an initial agreement can take just as long to negotiate. Read the entire letter >>
1.29.09
Reich: Enact Employee Free Choice Quickly to Help the Economy - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has some advice for those looking for answers about how to make our economy work for everyone: restore the freedom to form unions, and give workers the bargaining power they need to improve their own lives. Read the story >>
1.24.09
Download the new flyer with the toll-free number for Employee Free Choice Supports to call in order to be patched through to their legislator to urge them to help restore middle-class America. Get the flyer here.
1.13.09
Stewart Acuff, Director of Organizing for the AFL-CIO, tells the truth on Fox News about the election process under the Employee Free Choice Act and how it gives the decision-making power to workers over corporations. See the video here.
12.26.08
Joe Rugola: Country would be better off with 'card check.' Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola had a guest column in The Dayton Daily News. Read in Joe's words why the Employee Free Choice Act is so vitally important to the American middle class here.
12.14.08
Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola had an Op-Ed piece run in the Toledo Blade about the importance of the Employee Free Choice Act. Read it here.
11.29.08
Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola sumitted a Letter To The Editor for The Columbus Dispatch about the Employee Free Choice Act. Read the letter here.
We need as many members as we can talking to fellow sisters and brothers about the importance of passing Employee Free Choice Act. Click here to get your customized worksite flyers from the Working Families Toolkit. Don't have access to the toolkit? Get a general flier here.
Find out who is endorsing the Employee Free Choice act and see where it has already been locally passed.
Get the FACTS about the Employee Free Choice.
Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola had an Letter to the Editor run in The Columbus Dispatch on Nov. 29. Read it here.
Please support this bill and help us reach our goal of 1 million signatures—sign the petition today by clicking here.
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