The Employee Free Choice Act revises labor law to make it easier for working people to organize unions. Currently it is extremely difficult to start a union. Organizers are fired and workers are threatened and intimidated. The Employee Free choice Act changes some rules, so that workers themselves can make decisions about unionizing.
Something you should know about the Employee Free Choice Act: The main talking point from the corporations is that it “eliminates the secret ballot.” This is a flat-out lie and people need to know the facts. The Employee Free Choice Act allows workers to choose whether to a have secret-ballot vote or a “card check.” A card check is when a majority of the workers have signed cards saying that they want a union.
The Employee Free choice Act adds the ability to start a union using “card check.” It does not “eliminate the secret ballot.” Period.