Employee Free Choice Act Information Page

The Sentate has introduced EFCA under bill # S560. You can track its progress here thanks to Opencongress.org

Background Information

To get ahead economically, working people need the freedom to choose for themselves whether to join together in unions to bargain for better wages and benefits. But the current system for forming unions and bargaining is broken. Corporations routinely intimidate, harass, coerce and even fire workers for trying. As a result, America’s middle class is disappearing, good jobs are vanishing and health care coverage and retirement security are slipping out of reach.

The Employee Free Choice Act would change that by restoring workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain—without management interference. The legislation would strengthen penalties for companies that coerce or intimidate workers, establish mediation and binding arbitration when the employer and workers cannot agree on a first contract and enable workers to form unions when a majority signs union authorization cards.

Please send a message urging your U.S. senators to support the Employee Free Choice Act.

Video Message from the IBEW

Current Standing of New York U.S. Congress Members

Officially Supporting the Employee Free Choice Act

CD 1 Bishop	CD 2 Israel	CD 4 McCarthy
CD 5 Ackerman	CD 8 Nadler	CD 9 Weiner
CD 10 Towns	CD 11 Clarke	CD 12 Velazquez
CD 13 McMahon	CD 14 Maloney	CD 16 Serrano
CD 17 Engel	CD 18 Lowey	CD 19 Hall
CD 20 Gillibrand	CD 22 Hinchey	CD 23 McHugh
CD 25 Maffei	CD 29 Massa

Has Committed to be on the Employee Free Choice Act
CD 6 Meeks
CD 7 Crowley
CD 15 Rangel
CD 21 Tonko
CD 27 Higgins
CD 28 Slaughter

Have Not Supported or Committed to be on the Employee Free Choice Act
CD 3 King
CD 24 Arcuri
CD 26 Lee

Flyers

Exposed	IBEW Legislative Fact Sheet: EFCA	American Workers Shouldn't Have to Stand Alone	EFCA: Myth vs. Reality
	EFCA: Now What?	Collective Bargaining Makes A Difference