The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) respects that the right to join a union is a fundamental freedom, just like freedom of speech or religion, and that employees should be able to do so without interference from management.

• Majority Rules, Not the Boss: Currently, a majority of workers can sign up for a union, but the company can veto that decision and demand an election. This allows the company to fire or harass workers, and threaten that it will close the workplace, in order to coerce workers into voting against a union. Under EFCA, if a majority of employees sign cards indicating they want a union, the company has to recognize the union, as long as it is certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
• Fair Resolution of First Contract Disputes: Now, even when workers have won the right to be represented by a union, and even though both sides are required to bargain in good faith, companies can drag out the first contract negotiation process for years. EFCA creates a fair process for resolving first contract disputes.
• Strong Remedies to Protect Workers’ Rights: Currently, companies face only minimal penalties if they violate employees’ rights to form a union or negotiate a first contract. EFCA would level the playing field by requiring the NLRB to take immediate legal action to reinstate workers fired for union activity and assess triple damages against companies that punish or fire employees for engaging in protected organizing activities.
  

Learn more about the Employee Free Choice Act.

Meet working men and women who have courageously stood up for the American Dream:

• Employee Free Choice Act: Helping Workers Secure the American Dream (PDF)
• Straight Talk on EFCA and the Unionbusters (PDF)
• Statement of Edgar Romney, Secretary-Treasurer, Change to Win, on the Employee Free Choice Act (Feb. 6, 2007)
• Statement of Anna Burger, Chair, Change to Win, on the Employee Free Choice Act (Sep. 6, 2006)

• Workers' Rights Statistics
• Why Majority Sign-Up Is Needed
• Why Mediation and Arbitration Rules Are Needed
• Why Stronger Penalties Are Needed For Employers
  
• Q&A: Majority Sign-Up
• Why Workers Need the Employee Free Choice Act
  
• Why Aren't More Workers Joining Unions?
  
• Free and Fair: How Labor Law Fails U.S. Democratic Standards

• Cintas Found to Unlawfully Restrict Workers' Speech and Ability to Form a Union
  UNITE HERE, March 16, 2007
• Editorial: The Right to Organize
  New York Times, March 6, 2007
• Labor Law Reform Back on Track
  San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2007
  
• Columnist Jonathan Chait: Why so threatened by a union card?
  LA Times, March 4, 2007
• Give Workers Full Rein to Organize
  Newsday, Feb. 28, 2007
  
• Lance Compa Op-ed: A Shield Against Corporate Bullying
  Washington Post, Feb. 27, 2007
• "Free Choice" Bill Offers Change in Labor Climate
  Star Tribune, Feb. 26, 2007
• Stronger Labor Unions Will Help Create a Stronger Middle Class
  Centre Daily Times, Feb. 25, 2007
• Time for Regime Change for American Workers
  Salon.com, Feb. 23, 2007
• A Level Playing Field for American Workers
  Star Tribune, Feb. 20, 2007
  
• Harley Shaiken Op-ed: Stronger unions mean a strong middle class
  LA Times, Feb. 17, 2007
• Firings Foment Union Decline
  Kansas City Star, Jan. 16, 2007
• Congress Should Empower Workers
  Detroit News, Jan. 12, 2007
• Recognizing Labor
  The Nation, Dec. 14, 2006
  

The Employee Free Choice Act would give millions of American workers a chance to achieve the American Dream. You can help by taking action to ensure Congress supports this important bill.

• Take Action: Tell your Members of Congress to support the Employee Free Choice Act

Is your Representative an EFCA co-sponsor yet?  Find out here!

• ACORN
• AFL-CIO
  
• AFSCME (resolution)
• AFT (resolution)
• Alliance for Retired Americans
• American Library Association - Allied Professional Association (resolution—PDF)
• American Public Health Association (resolution)
• American Rights at Work
• Americans for Democratic Action (resolution)
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
• California Church Impact
• Center for American Progress
• Center for America’s Future
• Center for Community Change
• Center for Corporate Policy
• Church Women United
• Clergy and Laity Network United for Justice
• Coalition of Contingent Academics Labor
• Coalition of Labor Union Women (resolution—PDF)
• Council on American-Islamic Relations
• Coalition on Human Needs
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers
• Demos
• Democratic Leadership Council
• Democratic National Committee (resolution—PDF)
• Earth Action Network
• Grassroots Policy Project
• Gray Panthers
• Gray Panthers – Austin, Texas
• Gray Panthers of California
• Human Rights Watch (resolution)
• Interfaith Worker Justice
• Japanese-American Citizens League
• Jewish Council for Public Affairs (resolution—PDF)
• Jobs with Justice
• Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (resolution)
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• League of United Latin American Citizens
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• NAACP
• National Council of Women’s Organizations
• National Employment Law Project
• National Federation of Filipino American Associations
• National Immigration Law Center
• National Latino Congreso  (resolution)
• National Puerto Rican Coalition
• National Stonewall Democrats
• National Workrights Institute (resolution)
• Ohio AFL-CIO (resolution—PDF)
• Pax Christi USA (resolution)
• Presbyterian Church USA – Washington, D.C., office
• Press Associates Union News Service
• Pride at Work
• Progressive Jewish Alliance
• Progressive Maryland
• Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (resolution—PDF)
• Sierra Club
• Tikkun/The Network of Spiritual Progressives
• United Church of Christ - Justice and Witness Ministries
• United for a Fair Economy
• United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society (resolution—PDF)
• United Nations Association of the National Capital Area
• United States Student Association
• United Students Against Sweatshops
• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations – Washington, D.C., office
• USAction