The Employee Free Choice Act is proposed legislation that every union and nonunion worker needs to understand, stand behind, and mobilize around in seeing it passes. The Employee Free Choice Act would ensure that workers have a free choice and a fair chance to form a union. In its rawest form, the Employee Free Choice Act will allow workers to choose to form unions without the fear of being fired.

According to American Rights At Work, "The legislation would give workers a fair and direct path to form unions through majority sign-up, help employees secure a contract with their employer in a reasonable period of time, and toughen penalties against employers who violate their workers' rights."

It is hardly new news that working people's paychecks are shrinking while the cost of health care is skyrocketing. It is not breaking news that America's workers are struggling to make ends meet. In these tough times, workers need more opportunities to get ahead.

Union workers earn 28 percent more on average than nonunion workers. Union workers are 62 percent more likely to have employer-covered health coverage. It is no wonder that working people say that, given the opportunity, they'd join a union if they could

It is truly time for a level playing field and an economy that benefits all Americans. Of course, the current economy works for CEOs whose salaries have soared more than 180 times that of an average worker.

Are you ready to get heard on the Employee Free Choice Act? Click over to sign the petition and help the Teamsters get one million signatures to present to Congress.