MAKE A CHOICE: JOIN THE MILLION MEMBER CAMPAIGN
Whether you are an Equity member or your career goal is to join this national stage union – sign the petition for the Employee Free Choice Act and make it easier for actors – and all employees – to gain union representation.
http://www.freechoiceact.o
WHAT IS THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT?
Today’s world: Employers decide whether they prefer their employees to choose a union based on majority sign-up, or a company-dominated election process.
The Employee Free Choice Act: Employees decide how they want to certify their own union. If employers negotiate in bad faith, they face stiffer penalties.
I’M AN ACTOR – SHOULD I CARE ABOUT THIS?
The Employee Free Choice Act will make it easier to gain Equity representation in the theater. Right now, the amount of time that it usually takes to win union representation through a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election is longer than the typical actor’s contract. This means that in theater, the producer almost always decides whether or not a production will be union.
Even if your current work is already Equity, giving your fellow performers a better shot at gaining union representation will strengthen Equity as a union and improve standards across the industry.
THE FACTS!*
More than half of the nonunion workforce in the United States – nearly 60 million, including actors – would join a union right now if they could. But only 12% are actually in a union.
So why the big difference?
How many times have we heard:
“If the union takes over, we’ll have to close! Don’t you want to keep your job?”
Fact: During organizing campaigns, 51% of employers will threaten to close the workplace if the union takes over. Only 1% of them actually will.
“Don’t we already have penalties for employers who break the law?”
Fact: Even after employees have certified a union, 44% of employers will still refuse to agree to a contract.
“Why should we change things? We already have the freedom to choose a union.”
Fact: 75% of employers would rather spend money on hiring anti-union consultants and union-busters than risk their employees voting to unionize.
More facts: 92% of employers force their employees to attend closed-door meetings against the union. 78% will force employees to attend one-on-one anti-union meetings with their employers.
*http://www.aflcio.org/join
JOIN US!
Union members are mobilizing to collect one million signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act. When the new president and new Congress arrive in Washington, DC, we will have one million signatures waiting for them, urging them to support the middle class by enacting the Employee Free Choice Act.
We invite Equity members, friends, and supporters to help us restore our freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.
Watch the video and sign the petition here:
http://www.freechoiceact.o
http://www.freechoiceact.o
WHAT IS THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT?
Today’s world: Employers decide whether they prefer their employees to choose a union based on majority sign-up, or a company-dominated election process.
The Employee Free Choice Act: Employees decide how they want to certify their own union. If employers negotiate in bad faith, they face stiffer penalties.
I’M AN ACTOR – SHOULD I CARE ABOUT THIS?
The Employee Free Choice Act will make it easier to gain Equity representation in the theater. Right now, the amount of time that it usually takes to win union representation through a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election is longer than the typical actor’s contract. This means that in theater, the producer almost always decides whether or not a production will be union.
Even if your current work is already Equity, giving your fellow performers a better shot at gaining union representation will strengthen Equity as a union and improve standards across the industry.
THE FACTS!*
More than half of the nonunion workforce in the United States – nearly 60 million, including actors – would join a union right now if they could. But only 12% are actually in a union.
So why the big difference?
How many times have we heard:
“If the union takes over, we’ll have to close! Don’t you want to keep your job?”
Fact: During organizing campaigns, 51% of employers will threaten to close the workplace if the union takes over. Only 1% of them actually will.
“Don’t we already have penalties for employers who break the law?”
Fact: Even after employees have certified a union, 44% of employers will still refuse to agree to a contract.
“Why should we change things? We already have the freedom to choose a union.”
Fact: 75% of employers would rather spend money on hiring anti-union consultants and union-busters than risk their employees voting to unionize.
More facts: 92% of employers force their employees to attend closed-door meetings against the union. 78% will force employees to attend one-on-one anti-union meetings with their employers.
*http://www.aflcio.org/join
JOIN US!
Union members are mobilizing to collect one million signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act. When the new president and new Congress arrive in Washington, DC, we will have one million signatures waiting for them, urging them to support the middle class by enacting the Employee Free Choice Act.
We invite Equity members, friends, and supporters to help us restore our freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.
Watch the video and sign the petition here:
http://www.freechoiceact.o
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