[started 03/12/09 --- 03/25/11 UPDATED: OCA Petition STILL OPEN, LINKS HOT. The Letter and comments below go nowhere from here . . . need to go to OCA site for that.] 

PETITION:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26767
MORE INFO:
Visit OCA's Employee Free Choice Act action center
http://www.organicconsumers.org/efca.cfm
From: "Organic Consumers Association
Subject: Organic Bytes: Workers Rights, Toxins, Organic & Pandemic Threats, & More...
Date: 12 марта 2009 г. 11:13

Will YOU Support Workers?
Our economy is in shambles, poverty is on the rise and our labor system is broken.
Workers throughout the food system and other industries are routinely paid poverty wages, without healthcare or other benefits, and are disempowered by unfair labor laws.
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would provide a level playing field for workers and strengthens penalties against companies that illegally coerce or intimidate employees in an effort to prevent them from forming a union
What does the Employee Free Choice Act do? It does three things to level the playing field for employees and employers:
        1. Strengthens penalties against companies that illegally coerce or intimidate employees in an effort to prevent them from forming a union;
        2. Brings in a neutral third party to settle a contract when a company and a newly certified union cannot agree on a contract after three months;
        3. Lets employees decide how to express their choice to organize, either by balloting or by majority sign-up, meaning that if a majority of the employees sign union-authorization cards, validated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a company must recognize the union.

The Organic Consumers Association is organizing and advocating for a “sustainable supply chain,” which includes greening our job force and advancing workers rights.
The Employee Free Choice Act is an important first step to strengthen our economy and social justice.
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