Tell Your Senators to Support the Employee Free Choice Act

Working families across the country need help. Over the past eight years, we have seen the middle class deteriorate as corporate fat cats and their lobbyists were given free rein on George W. Bush's watch. Workers' rights were thrown out the window, and companies did their best to intimidate or terminate any employees who even uttered the word "union."

It is time for change.

Studies have shown that more than 60 million workers across the country would join a union if they could do so free from intimidation. Unions allow workers to collectively bargain for those things that every worker deserves - decent wages, affordable health care, and safety in the workplace. In fact, workers who belong to unions earn 30 percent more than non-union workers and are 63 percent more likely to have employer-provided health care.

Don't believe the lies of Big Business. Corporate America wants you to believe the Employee Free Choice Act will do away with the secret ballot. Not true. What the legislation does is puts that decision back in the hands of workers. Currently, it's the employer that gets to decide.

The current environment in which workers must try to organize is neither fair nor democratic. The Employee Free Choice Act would level the playing field and ensure that workers' freedom to choose whether to join a union is protected by doing the following:

Allowing workers to form a union if a majority of them signs cards.
Providing for first contract mediation and arbitration so that workers get their first collective bargaining agreement in a timely manner, free from stalling and delay tactics by employers.
Providing stiffer penalties for employers that violate workers' rights and retaliate against those who are trying to form unions.

It is time that American workers truly have a voice at work and that freedom of choice in the workplace is protected. You can help by sending a letter to your Senators asking for their support of the Employee Free Choice Act (sample e-mail provided below).

Let's help rebuild the American middle class. Please send a letter to your Senators today.

Subject:

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

(Edit Letter Below)

I urge you to support the Employee Free Choice Act to protect the rights of workers across our nation to establish and participate in a union without harassment or intimidation from employers.

I know how important it is for workers to be able to form unions in order to guarantee a decent standard of living, affordable health insurance, and a safe workplace. We need to rebuild the middle class, and the Employee Free Choice Act is the best way to do that.

Don't believe the lies that Big Business is spreading with their hefty bank accounts. The Employee Free Choice Act does not take away the secret ballot. In fact, it puts the decision back in the hands of workers. Currently, the employer gets to decide.

It is shameful that employers routinely skirt the law by threatening and firing workers who want to form a union. Corporate America also employs stall tactics and delays when workers bargain for a first contract. We must have strong laws defending the basic freedom of workers to choose for themselves whether to form a union.

It's time to level the playing field against Big Business. Workers need the protections that were eroded during the previous administration. The Employee Free Choice Act restores fairness to the system. I encourage you to co-sponsor and cast your vote in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act. As your constituent, I look forward to your timely response in regard to this issue.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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