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On the evening of February 5, 231 members of the House of Representatives reintroduced to Congress the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA or H.R. 800). If passed, the act could significantly boost the organizing efforts of U.S. unions (see page 8)

Employers have become adept at disrupting the NLRB election process, threatening and harassing potential union members while ensuring the process drags on and on. The bill would ensure that workers who vote to form a union through card-check recognition do not have to then go through an employerinitiated NLRB election.

To see if your representative is one of the bill’s co-sponsors, go to www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork and click on the “Employee Free Choice Act” icon in the center of the page; when the next page appears, click on the “233 House Members” link, located toward the top of the page.

If your representative is a co-sponsor of the bill, send them a letter thanking them for their support and urging them to fight hard for the act’s passage. If your representative is not a co-sponsor, call or write to demand they protect the right of all workers to organize by voting “yes” on H.R. 800.

You can also express your support for the bill by writing a letter to newspapers and TV stations in your area. By going to www.teamster.org/action/political/EFCA.asp and following the “Write a Letter” Action link, you can have your letter sent simultaneously to multiple local print and broadcast media outlets.

Finally, you can go to www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Support_EFCA to sign a petition in support of the EFCA.

Expiration Date:
Sat, 03/31/2007 - 11:59pm