AFTRA, The Television and Radio Guild for entertainers recently sent a mass email mailer out to all of its members to join in the fight against unemployment in America. The rise of unemployment in America is vastly growing at record high numbers. A great portion of the presidential debate in this past election was primarily geared towards the crashing economy and record high unemployment. I currently reside in New York City and regularly keep up with the financial news and economy issues since this is the corporate and financial capital of America.
There was a major convention last month at the legendary Javitz Center next to Penn Station in New York City called “OUTSOURCE”. It is a company that acts as a catalyst to bring large companies together with employees overseas to work for the company in order to keep overhead low. An example would be how Citibank outsources its customer service reps to India. So now when you call in to get information on your account, you are speaking to someone in India instead of the United States. It is much more cost effective for large corporations to outsource jobs like this in order save company overhead expenses, and in return gain more profits. Represenatives from the Outsource convention were complaining as to why the attendance for interested business entruepenuers was so unusually low. I was thinking to myself, why would any company want to outsource any more jobs out of America when we have record high numbers of unemployment. We need to find ways to fight against this “outsource” of jobs to foreign markets and putting millions of Americans out of work! This is the sole purpose of FREE ACTION CHOICE!!!
“Employers routinely harass, coerce, intimidate, and even fire workers when they try to exercise their legal rights to form unions. As the law currently stands, union elections are prone to delay and often favor employers in their fights against workers’ unions.
Under the Employee Free Choice Act, workers could opt to follow the “majority sign-up” method of organizing, where workers choose union representation through a process in which a majority signs cards indicating their support. Free Choice Act in the 110th Congress (HR 800 / S 1041).
The Corrpution of Unions in America!!!
Employers routinely harass, coerce, intimidate, and even fire workers when they try to exercise their legal rights to form unions. As the law currently stands, union elections are prone to delay and often favor employers in their fights against workers’ unions.
This legislation would fix the broken process through which workers form unions by imposing stiffer penalties against employers that violate labor law, and would set up a process for newly-organized workers to negotiate a first contract in a timely manner. Under the Employee Free Choice Act, workers could opt to follow the “majority sign-up” method of organizing, where workers choose union representation through a process in which a majority signs cards indicating their support. “
Workers deserve a free choice and a fair chance to form a union if they want to - without risking their livelihood to do so. It’s time to give working families the freedoms and protections they deserve.
We, as Americans, need to continue to communicate with Congress against this unemployment slump that has seemed to put many families out of work and on welfare!!! Please contact Congress via mail to join in on the Free Action Choice Act to help put Americans back to work and fight for their rights!!!
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