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Dr John Nash once won a Nobel Prize in part by proving that when people come together and work together for a common cause, their 'strength in numbers' benefits each and every one of them.
Unions and their rank and file members use this basic concept to negotiate a legally binding contract with their employer. That contract usually will contain wage standards and wage protections, health insurance, grievance procedures, benefits, job protection, safety etc.
To me, a union contract also brings it's members something that is rarely talked about-dignity.
Union members elect their own board, often called a bargaining committee. They use their 'strength in numbers' to negotiate their contract with their employer in a process called..
Collective Bargaining.
CB is the heart and soul of Unions. It's the very reason why people form unions.
People join unions to negotiate fair pay/compensation benefits, job protection, workplace safety, workplace conditions.
Strength in numbers allows them to negotiate collectively. Hence, collective bargaining.
Corporations in America have declared war on us, the people. Their war- To bust apart the "strength in numbers", to keep us from organizing unions, and to.. KILL THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS.
Corporations want CB dead and buried. They want unions dead and buried. They prefer wage-slavery. They decide your wage. They will tell you what your labor is worth.
Corporations have largely succeeded at killing and burying the CB process.
Exhume Collective Bargaining!
If you've read this far then I hope that people will understand the importance of passing The Employee Free Choice Act. Call your elected's and demand passage of EFCA!
Democrats, put EFCA front and center. It's as important as health care reform. The livelihoods of the people are a front and center issue.
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