Members Prioritize Million Member Mobilization This Month

Due to the hard work of union members and working families with the Labor 2006 political program, the Employee Free Choice act passed both the House and the Senate in 2007.  But this important piece of legislation, one that would level the playing field and make it easier for workers to form a union and bargain fairly with employers, can only be passed with a president in office that will sign it into law.  Barack Obama pledged that if elected president he will sign the Employee Free Choice Act.  Additionally the union movement is mobilizing to collect one million signatures for the Million Member Mobilization Petition supporting the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.  We want to send a strong message to politicians and candidates that our freedom to organize must not be ignored and are trying to gather as many signatures as possible before Labor Day. 

LIUNA Local 910 Business Manager Bob Kmecak in Johnstown said that his members made gathering signatures for the Million Member Mobilization a priority this summer because “everybody should have the freedom to form unions. As union members we’ve got to fight to maintain our unions and we’ve got to make sure that all working people have the ability to form a union.”  Kmecak made sure that his executive board members, his stewards and his members collected signatures at home, at the workplace and at their monthly local meetings.  “We have to get the message out that union members and their families want the Employee Free Choice Act passed,” said Kmecak and with his local’s effort and the continued effort of the entire state’s labor movement, Washington D.C. is sure to hear us loud and clear.   Un