What is the Employee Free Choice Act?

The Employee Free Choice Act, supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union. It would:

• Remove current obstacles to employees who want collective bargaining.
• Guarantee that workers who can choose collective bargaining are able to achieve a contract.
• Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.