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Employee Free Choice Act

The Employee Free Choice Act is critical to restoring our freedom to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions. The bill was been introduced in the House and Senate. Action expected soon.

What is the Employee Free Choice Act?

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Workers Come to Washington, D.C. to Build Support for Employee Free Choice Act

Asela Espiritu, a registered nurse and member of AFSCME affiliate United Nurses Associations of California (UNAC), participated in this week's "Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act" event.  She shared her positive story of a harassment- and intimidation-free organizing drive at Kaiser Permanente and explained the benefits of union representation.  Cast members of the "West Wing" joined Asela and additional workers for a press conference and lobby day on Capitol Hill.

Asela and other "Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act" will be pictured in banners and billboards across the country to show lawmakers exactly who will be affected by their vote.  (April 2009)

Employee Free Choice Act Faces New Hurdle

The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 1410; S. 560), introduced by Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), has a growing list of 224 House and 39 Senate co-sponsors.  However, AFSCME was disappointed to learn that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) has reversed his position and decided to vote against cloture, a procedural motion which would prevent the bill from moving to a full Senate vote without the support of 60 senators.  Sen. Specter supported cloture and co-sponsored the bill in the last Congress. Even if Al Franken is finally seated as Minnesota's second senator, one Republican vote will still be needed for cloture.  We are aggressively moving forward in D.C. and key states to fight for passage of this critically important bill.    (March 2009)

Economists Support the Employee Free Choice Act

AFSCME Speaks Out About the Employee Free Choice Act

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