Society for the Study of Social Problems Supports Employee Free Choice

by Seth Michaels, Aug 28, 2009

Add another organization to the long lists of groups supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), an interdisciplinary community of academics and practitioners of social policy, has just announced their support of proposed labor law that would protect workers’ fundamental right to form a union and bargain.

At the SSSP annual meeting this month, delegates approved a resolution demanding quick passage of the Employee Free Choice Act to rebuild fairness in the workplace and a stronger economy.

The resolution reads, in part:

Union membership provides workers better wages and benefits, and protection from discrimination and unsafe workplaces, while benefiting whole communities by strengthening tax bases, promoting equal treatment and enhancing civic participation.

A significant portion of employers across the nation routinely violate workers’ right to unionize through surveillance, interrogation, harassment, intimidation, coercion, harassment and discharge of workers exercising this fundamental freedom…when employers violate the right of workers to form a union, everyone suffers; wages fall, race and gender pay gaps widen, workplace discrimination increases and job safety standards disappear.

A worker’s fundamental right to choose a union must be guaranteed by law…we urge Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act to help rebuild the middle class and invigorate an ailing economy by protecting America’s employees’ freedom to choose for themselves whether or not to form a union and provide them with the opportunity to improve their economic situation.

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