Employee Free Choice Act: Worker Rights Under Attack

Did You Know?

• An active union supporter has a 1 in 5 chance of being illegally fired for union activity during an organizing drive.
• 26% of employers in organizing drives fire at least one worker for union activity.
• 75% of employers hire unionbusting consultants to help fight union organizing drives.
• 78% of employers force employees to attend one-on-one meetings against the union with their supervisors.
• 92% of employers force employees to attend anti-union captive audience meetings.
• 51% of employers threaten to close the business if the union wins the election.
• Even if workers succeed in forming a union, one-third of the time they still do not have a first contract with their employer two to three years after winning their election.  An employer's anti-union campaign often carries on beyond the election and into bargaining, to avoid ever agreeing to a contract.