The Grassroots Fight for Employee Free Choice

by Seth Michaels, Mar 5, 2009

Here are a few of the latest grassroots actions in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, proposed legislation that would level the playing field for workers seeking to form a union.

A coalition of Catholic organizations has launched Catholics for Working Families, a new campaign to engage the Catholic community to protect the freedom to form unions and bargain. Inspired by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose statements have consistently supported the freedom to form unions and bargain, some of America’s most active Catholic organizations have launched a website and a petition in support of the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Says Bishop Gabino Zavala, archbishop of the Los Angeles diocese and co-president of the Interfaith Worker Justice board of directors:

…it is vitally necessary to recognize that we cannot recover the health of our economy and our society without ensuring that the dignity and freedom of every worker is secure.

The right of workers to organize and join unions is essential to the dignity and welfare of workers, and it is a right that today is radically threatened.

Catholics for Working Families are not alone: Around the country, union members and allies are engaging the public and mobilizing to help pass the Employee Free Choice Act.

Around the Washington, D.C., area, D.C. Jobs with Justice is organizing a postcard blitz this week to reach out to members of Congress this weekend.

And on Monday, the San Francisco Labor Council and Alameda Labor Council are jointly hosting a rally in support of the Employee Free Choice Act at noon at the San Francisco Federal Building.

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