The AFL-CIO is spreading the word about “National Call-In Week” for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) in the U.S. Senate.The federation points out that the Senate is planning a floor debate on the EFCA in the coming days. A communication from the AFL-CIO Working Families e-Activist Network notes, “It’s Employee Free Choice Act National Call-In Week, and we need you to join with working families from across the country in calling U.S. senators today…. It's time to level the playing field for workers and help rebuild America's middle class.”
For more information, including phone numbers and additional EFCA-related links, visit the “AFL-CIO Now” blog by clicking HERE
The EFCA is organized labor’s top legislative priority. Earlier this year, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney described the bill as one that “restores balance to the system of forming unions and bargaining by giving employees – not bosses – the option of deciding how they will freely choose whether to form a union. The legislation also creates real penalties for employers who illegally interfere with organizing efforts and sets up a system to ensure that workers get a first contract even if their employers refuse to bargain in good faith after the choice of the majority to unionize has been certified.”
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