What is the Employee Free Choice Act?

The Employee Free Choice Act, supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress and Senate, would enable working people to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union. It would:

1. Establish stronger penalties for violation of employee rights when workers seek to form a union and during first-contract negotiations.
2. Provide mediation and arbitration for first-contract disputes.
3. Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.

Summary of the Employee Free Choice Act