Free Choice Act needs Congress OK

The American middle class is disappearing. Wages have stagnated, health care and other costs are out of control, and no one in Congress seems to notice. American men and women should be able to come together as a union and bargain collectively for health care benefits, a pension plan and safe working conditions. Major corporations pay their CEOs millions of dollars, and pad their salaries with millions of dollars in bonuses, but actively work against workers basic benefits.

In fact, working Americans who try to organize and bargain collectively are often coerced, harassed, intimidated or fired for their efforts. This is absolutely unethical and shouldn't be the case. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would stop all this, once and for all. It would prevent major corporations from bullying their workers, and bring democracy into the workplace by recognizing a simple majority of organized workers. The Employee Free Choice Act was previously blocked by Republicans. Let's hope that the new Congress will move to protect American workers again.

Paul Pokorny

Lombard