Committee on Education and Labor - U.S. House of Representatives

Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)

Latest News on the Employee Free Choice Act

  • The Employee Free Choice Act was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, 241-185, on March 1, 2007.
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  • The Employee Free Choice Act was passed by the full Committee on February 14, 2007. More »
     
  • The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions heard testimony from workers and experts at a hearing on the Employee Free Choice Act on February 8, 2007. More »
     

Strengthening America's Middle Class

Despite several years of economic growth and high corporate profits, middle class American families find themselves squeezed between declining incomes and rising costs for basic necessities like education, healthcare, transportation, food and housing.

But while corporate executives routinely negotiate extravagant pay and retirement packages for themselves, they routinely deny their workers the ability to form unions and bargain for better wages and benefits. On the contrary, under today’s broken system, employers frequently harass, intimidate, reassign, or even fire workers who support a union.

To help ease the economic squeeze on America’s middle class families, Democratic lawmakers have introduced the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800), a bill with 234 cosponsors that would help workers join together to bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. Union workers earn 30 percent more, on average, than do nonunion workers, and union workers are much more likely to have healthcare, pensions and more generous paid time off.

Text of Employee Free Choice Act »
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Summary of Employee Free Choice Act »
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