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As Momentum Builds, Workers Speak Out on Employee Free Choice

by Seth Michaels, Jul 15, 2009

credit: Sara Wallenfang
Wisconsin health care workers deliver thousands of postcards in support of Employee Free Choice to Sen. Herb Kohl.

With momentum building for the Employee Free Choice Act, workers across the country are taking the lead in the fight–speaking out at town hall meetings and rallies and asking their senators to pass this critical bill and make the economy work for everyone.

Here are a few of the ways workers are making a difference:

Ken Bruner, a Vietnam veteran, helicopter pilot and the president of Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local 107, spoke at a roundtable about the Employee Free Choice Act in Louisiana last week and said the freedom to form unions can benefit workers and businesses alike.

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