For Immediate Release
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Employee Free Choice Act is About Restoring Workers’ Choice and Bargaining for a Better Life
Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Employee Free Choice Act
Today, 60 million workers say they would join a union if they could. But the system that is designed to protect employees who want a voice at work is broken and needs to be fixed. The Employee Free Choice Act will give more American workers a chance to share in the prosperity produced by the nation’s economy. Today, the Senate has sent a powerful message that momentum is on the side of workers who want to bargain for better wages and benefits.
The struggle to enact the Employee Free Choice Act is not over. A majority of senators are now on record supporting an America where the middle class thrives, seniors can afford their prescriptions, parents can afford to send their children to college, and workers can afford to retire with security. Yet too many Republican senators are opposed to giving more Americans the choice to join a union and to bargain for a better life.
