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<blockquote data-quote="paidslave" data-source="post: 395677" data-attributes="member: 10762"><p>I do agree in what you are saying but for some reason many believe this act it would make it be easier for workers to choose to unionize and not be fired harrassed or otherwise! This is a tool to help people to better themselves just like the teamsters we are all a part of!</p><p></p><p>Here is what the act states:</p><p></p><p><strong>It’s Time to Restore Workers’ Freedom to Form Unions</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>America’s working people are struggling to make ends meet these days and our middle class is disappearing. The best opportunity working people have to get ahead economically is by uniting to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits. Recent research has shown that some 60 million U.S. workers would join a union if they could. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong>But the current system for forming unions and bargaining is broken. Every day, corporations deny workers the freedom to decide for themselves whether to form unions to bargain for a better life. They routinely intimidate, harass, coerce and even fire workers who try to form unions and bargain for economic well-being. </strong></p><p></p><p>The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800, S. 1041), supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would <strong>level the playingfield for workers and employers and help rebuild America’s middle class. It would </strong>restore workers’ freedom to choose a union by:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #993300"><span style="color: #000000">Establishing stronger penalties for violation of employee rights</span></span> when workers seek to form a union and during first-contract negotiations. <span style="color: #993300"><span style="color: #000000">Providing mediation and arbitration</span></span> for first-contract disputes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Allowing employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paidslave, post: 395677, member: 10762"] I do agree in what you are saying but for some reason many believe this act it would make it be easier for workers to choose to unionize and not be fired harrassed or otherwise! This is a tool to help people to better themselves just like the teamsters we are all a part of! Here is what the act states: [B]It’s Time to Restore Workers’ Freedom to Form Unions[/B] [B]America’s working people are struggling to make ends meet these days and our middle class is disappearing. The best opportunity working people have to get ahead economically is by uniting to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits. Recent research has shown that some 60 million U.S. workers would join a union if they could. [/B] [B]But the current system for forming unions and bargaining is broken. Every day, corporations deny workers the freedom to decide for themselves whether to form unions to bargain for a better life. They routinely intimidate, harass, coerce and even fire workers who try to form unions and bargain for economic well-being. [/B] The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800, S. 1041), supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would [B]level the playingfield for workers and employers and help rebuild America’s middle class. It would [/B]restore workers’ freedom to choose a union by: [LIST] [*][COLOR=#993300][COLOR=#000000]Establishing stronger penalties for violation of employee rights[/COLOR][/COLOR] when workers seek to form a union and during first-contract negotiations. [COLOR=#993300][COLOR=#000000]Providing mediation and arbitration[/COLOR][/COLOR] for first-contract disputes. [*]Allowing employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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