Change that Works

Why "Change that Works?"

SEIU will involve millions of Americans in an intensive state-by-state campaign to help President Obama enact Change That Works -- change that gets our economy back on track now, and for generations to come.

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A Historic Change at Bank of America

Something remarkable happened at Bank of America's annual meeting. A majority of Bank of America's shareholders voted to oust Ken Lewis as Chairman of the company's board. This is a result of what SEIU members and their allies did around the country to hold Bank of America accountable.

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Workers Highlight Firings at Camp Recovery Center

The alarming number of missing employees at the Camp Recovery Center has become a growing concern for employees still working there, and retaliation for supporting their union is the prime suspect. On April 23, a crowd of about 100 supporters – including Santa Cruz County Supervisor Mark Stone – held a media event to honor their loss and support the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Immigration Accord by Labor Boosts Obama Effort

The nation's two major labor federations have agreed for the first time to join forces to support an overhaul of the immigration system. The accord endorses legalizing the status of illegal immigrants already in the United States and opposes any large new program for employers to bring in temporary immigrant workers.

» NY Times article

Look What We've Accomplished!

The economic stimulus package has passed, a comprehensive healthcare reform is at the top of the President's agenda, and all but two California congressional Democrats have signed on as co-sponsors of the Employee Free Choice Act. Our challenge is great but so is our opportunity! Members joined us in answering President Obama's call to action, on Saturday, April 4th in Fresno and San Jose.

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Change that Works Campaign News

A Los Angeles reader sends in an interesting, different mailer pushing the Employee Free Choice Act, comparing joining the military with a signature to joining a union. And more news.

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National Worker Mobilization for Employee Free Choice

This week, hundreds of SEIU workers will come to Washington to demand lawmakers, lobbyists, and CEOs hear workers' voices in creating an economy that works for everyone.

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San Jose Community Supports Employee Free Choice Act

About 30 Union and community members held a press conference at San Jose City Hall on Feb. 19 to support the Employee Free Choice Act and to highlight a report showing how unionizing more workers would help the economy.
Watch the video, click here

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If Employee Free Choice Were Law,

Theo Jackson Would Still Have a Job!
It is estimated that during an average unionization drive 25% of employers fire workers and fully 91% force employees to attend intimidating one-on-one meetings with their supervisors.

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Human Rights Watch Backs Pro-Union Bill

On the same day that The Huffington Post broke the news that financial executives receiving billions in bailout funds schemed to block the Employee Free Choice Act with campaign cash, Human Rights Watch issued a report endorsing the bill as vital to protecting workers' rights.

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Work with Obama on Free Choice

SEIU "will work with [Obama] and new Congress to (...) to fix our national health care system, invest in green projects and technologies to help create millions of new, good green jobs, and put working families back on the path of prosperity by passing the Employee Free Choice Act," said Anna Burger, chair of Change to Win.

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Unions Can Help Close the Income Gap

Common sense would suggest that allowing more workers a free choice to join unions would be a good thing for the economy - which is what the Employee Free Choice Act does.

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Wall Street Journal Highlights Change That Works Campaign

In a thoughtful article, WSJ writes, "the Employee Free Choice Act, (...) would make it easier for unions to organize workers by gathering signatures in favor of certification rather than via lengthy secret balloting."

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South Bay Labor Council pushes for right to organize

In an op-ed headlined "Workers seeking to organize need more protection," they wrote that the elections demanded by employers" are as free and democratic as elections in Russia under Vladimir Putin - so rigged in the employer's favor that they are invoked exclusively as a union-thwarting tactic."

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Support Employee Free Choice

President-Elect Barack Obama supports the Employee Free Choice Act. Do you? Read how the Employee Free Choice Act is a crucial step towards economic recovery. See the video fact check.

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New EFCA Ad Campaign

In the ad, executives agree to reduce their pay and offer a worker a raise and better benefits. The worker who dreams it all wakes up in his bed while the narrator says, "If you think this is going to happen by itself, you're dreaming. The Employee Free Choice Act will let workers choose to join a union and negotiate for better wages and benefits."

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Employee Free Choice Act

Fast Facts Update: The corporate misinformation campaign is already running strong--spreading lies and distortions about the Employee Free Choice Act. One blatant mischaracterization suggests that this common sense proposal is somehow a "radical" change to federal labor law.

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