Employee Free Choice Act

Join with Cleveland Jobs with Justice as we mobilize to gather 10,000 signatures
as part of the Million Signatures for the Employee Free Choice Act Campaign!

We need your help! Does your union, church group or organization have a meeting or
special event coming up that needs a speaker? We would be more than happy to come
out and talk about the Employee Free Choice Act and gather cards.

Would you like to get signatures at your workplace or organization? We can supply the
cards! Just give Debbie a call at 440-333-7007 or email her at debbie@clevelandjwj.org
and we will make arrangements to have someone come out to give a presentation or
drop off cards. Whatever you need.

Summer is coming up and we need volunteers to help us get signatures at the festivals
and fairs around the Cleveland area. Anyone who volunteers their time, gets 100 cards
and commits to volunteering more time will get one of our newly designed Cleveland
Jobs with Justice T-shirts!

We will be posting the schedule of events and volunteer opportunities on this page
so keep checking back. BUT! If you are interested in volunteering and don't want to
wait, call or email Debbie NOW to get on the list!

August Events

Saturday, August 23rd - Black Culture Parade and Festival

Saturday, August 24th - Old Warehouse District Street Fair

We need people to join us for street teams on Saturday and to help us table on
Sunday! Call (440-333-7007) or email now (debbie@clevelandjwj.org) to volunteer.

September Events

Monday, September 1st - Come out and join us at the Unity Day Parade and Picnic at
Luke Easter Park!

What is the Employee Free Choice Act?

According to the National AFL-CIO website:

The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800, S.1041), supported by a bipartisan
coalition in Congress, 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:

- Establish stronger penalties for violation of employee rights when workers seek
to form a union and during first-contract negotiations.

- Provide mediation and arbitration for first-contract disputes.

- Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union
representation.