04.03.09

The Employee Free Choice Act: It’s about real people

Web site shows the faces of those affected by injustice in workplace

There were actors on Capitol Hill in support of the Employee Free Choice Act last week: Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff, all formerly of the hit show "The West Wing" and members of the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

They were well-spoken on the merits of the bill that would promote justice in the workplace by making the union-election process fairer to workers. And Sheen may have had the best quote of the day when he said, "We're going to have some very proud scars when this thing becomes law."

The Employee Free Choice Act has millions of famous and not-so-famous supporters, and includes those who already have some scars. You can now see their faces and read their stories on Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act. Many workers who have tried to form a union have stories like this:

"I believed that what the union had to offer would benefit my coworkers and the company itself -– but I got fired for trying to organize a union," Dan Luevano, an electrician from Keenesburg, Colo., said.

It's one of many reasons we need the Employee Free Choice Act to become law.