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.