4,000 Rally for Employee Free Choice
02/16/09
In early February, thousands of workers from across the country came to Capitol Hill to show support for the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. The event also featured remarks by workers who have faced resistance and even been fired during their efforts to organize their workplaces. Among them was CWA’s Sara Steffens, who was fired from her job at the Contra Costa Times in retaliation for helping form a union at the paper. She explained her support for the bill:
We need the Employee Free Choice Act so we can feel empowered to step up and help solve problems in our workplace, and not be scared that if we stick our necks out that we’re going to be the next ones laid off.
Check out our video of Sara speaking at the Rally and hear more of her story.
Rally participants also began the process of delivering 1.5 million cards to Congress from supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act, including more than 110,000 from CWA members. The names of those supporters are being displayed online in a continuous scroll. You can show your support for the Employee Free Choice Act by placing the scroll on your own website or blog. Learn more at: http://www.freechoiceact.org/cwa/pages/web_widget