Executive Council Statement
Pass the Employee Free Choice Act Now!
… Pass the Employee Free Choice Act Now! November 14, 2006 Washington, D.C. The top priority for the AFL-CIO continues to be promoting collective bargaining and organizing rights for all American workers. The preamble of the National Labor Relations Act states that its purpose is to promote collective bargaining, not dismantle or restrict collective bargaining rights. Yet for more than 50 years, most … the focus of our December 8-10 Organizing Summit celebrating International Human Rights Day. We call on all our allies to work with us in support of the Employee Free Choice Act and to demonstrate that the decline of collective bargaining in the …