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Happy New Year 2009
As we get started in this historic New Year,
The year of Change…as most of us will refer to it as.
One of the most important pieces of Legislation is upon us; it is called the Employee Free Choice Act “EFCA”
Despite several years of economic growth and high corporate profits, middle class American families find themselves squeezed between declining incomes and rising costs for basic necessities like education, healthcare, transportation, food and housing.
But while corporate executives routinely negotiate extravagant pay and retirement packages for themselves, they routinely deny their workers the ability to form unions and bargain for better wages and benefits. On the contrary, under today’s broken system, employers frequently harass, intimidate, reassign, or even fire workers who support a union.
To help ease the economic squeeze on America’s middle class families, Democratic lawmakers have introduced the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800), a bill with 234 cosponsors that would help workers join together to bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. Union workers earn 30 percent more, on average, than do nonunion workers, and union workers are much more likely to have healthcare, pensions and more generous paid time off
“So remember if we don’t stand for something then we will fall for anything”
The Employee Free Choice Act
Otherwise referred to as the “EFCA” will help restore fairness and the middle class by:
- Giving workers a fair and direct path to form unions through a majority sign-up,
- Help employees secure a contract with their employer in a reasonable period of time and
- Toughen penalties against employers who violate their workers rights to form unions.
In Solidarity…
Yvonne Melton ~ local Education Committee Chair
First meeting will be held on
Wednesday February 4, 2009 at 6:00pm
Meetings will be held first Wednesday every other month.
Members are strongly encourage to participate in committees
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