[lbo-talk] For what it's worth - "Employee Free Choice Act"

[B.]

Today, a bill was reintroduced in both houses of
Congress that would level the playing field for
workers trying to form unions. It’s the bipartisan
Employee Free Choice Act and it could make a world of
difference for working people trying to gain a voice
on the job.

Please click the following link to urge your members
of Congress to support it:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Support_EFCA

The bill is being introduced into the 109th Congress
by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Arlen Specter
(R-Pa.) and Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Pete
King (R-N.Y.).

The Employee Free Choice Act says when a majority of
employees in a workplace decide to form a union, they
can do so without the bitter war employers now wage to
block them. Every 23 minutes a worker is fired or
discriminated against for exercising the basic freedom
to decide whether to form a union. On paper, U.S.
labor law and international standards give workers the
legal right to form unions—but in the real world,
employers block that right day after day. So 57
million workers who want the benefits of union
membership can’t get them.