The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800, S. 1041), supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, 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 (PDF).
• Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.

Find Out More

• Read the text of the Employee Free Choice Act.
  • Download a summary of the bill (PDF).
• Ten key facts about the Employee Free Choice Act.
• Employee Free Choice Act questions and answers.
• We Won, Now What? (PDF)
• Why Does America Need the Employee Free Choice Act? (PDF)
• Read a new American Rights at Work study, Secret Ballots Aren't Enough (PDF).
• Article: Cornell University professor Jefferson Cowie describes how the Employee Free Choice Act can change the lives of America’s workers.
• Article: Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) says the Employee Free Choice Act would level the playing field for America’s workers.
• American Anthropological Association: AAA Policy Brief #1—Right of Employees to Organize Unions.