Our Issues - Employee Free Choice Act
What is the Employee Free Choice Act?
The Employee Free Choice Act, supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress and Senate, would enable working people to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union. It would:
- Establish stronger penalties for violation of employee rights when workers seek to form a union and during first-contract negotiations.
- Provide mediation and arbitration for first-contract disputes.
- Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.
