Title: Resolution on the Right for Employee Free Choice to Form Unions

Author:

Peter Dooley

LaborSafe@aol.com

Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety

Issue Date:

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Introduced in 2005, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is an example of landmark legislation intended to strengthen protections for workers and their freedom to unionize by requiring employers to recognize a union after a majority of workers authorize representation.  It also would provide for mediation and arbitration of first-contract disputes and authorize stronger penalties for violation of the law when workers seek to form a union. This resolution advances the agenda for current and future public health by supporting the organizations that defend the rights of workers to improved access to health care. 

 

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submitted by Peter Dooley

LaborSafe@aol.com