IMPORTANT: Employee Free Choice Act!

Dear NFFE 1450 Member:

Please see information about this important matter at http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/. We highly suggest you review the video at http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/video_efca.cfm. Please contact your political representatives by using the language below!

Dear [ Decision Maker ]:

As a member of NFFE 1450, I urge Congress to support the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 1696 and S. 842) now.

Workers need the Employee Free Choice Act because workers need unions. Union workers typically earn 28 percent more than nonunion workers to support their families and contribute to their communities. Union members are much more likely than nonunion workers to have vital benefits such as health care coverage, disability insurance and retirement security. And no one can put a price tag on the pride of having a union voice at work.

Some 57 million workers would join a union if they could. But, as Human Rights Watch has documented, employers routinely harass, coerce, intimidate and stall to block workers' freedom to choose union representation. In fact, every 23 minutes a worker is fired or penalized for supporting a union.

We urge our elected representatives and senators to recognize the urgent need to restore workers' freedom to form unions and support the Employee Free Choice Act so workers once again can have the basic right to choose for themselves whether to belong to a union.

Sincerely, [Your name] [Your address]