Democrats Introduce Employee Free Choice Act

            Described as a “banner day” by union leadership, Tuesday marked the introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate of the Employee Free Choice Act. The legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) along with 222 cosponsors.  The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 

On the Senate side, introduction of the legislation was by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) who proclaimed that “[J]ust as the National Labor Relations Act, the 40 hour week and the minimum wage helped to pull us out of the Great Depression and into a period of unprecedented prosperity, so too will the Employee Free Choice Act help reinvigorate our economy.”

            For an overview of the Employee Free Choice Act, see the February 4, 2009 blog entitled Employment Law Changes Promised in the Obama Administration.