If our nation was governed by business's version of democratic choice, we would hold elections to determine the winner, but nearly half the time the incumbent would remain in power even if he lost.

Arvin Kvasager, a former county commissioner and retired business agent for the Teamsters Union, wrote an op-ed for the Grand Forks Herald supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. The letter was published on April 18.

Steve Husson is one of the fortunate few in the changed, ailing economy of Eastern Maine: He still is a Teamster and he still has a well-paying job -- and the slow-moving labor election process of the National Labor Relations Board eventually worked for him.

A new, hard-hitting television ad hit national airwaves April 9, exposing the real motives of those who oppose the Employee Free Choice Act. It joins another ad already on the air and grassroots events across the country highlighting the broad support for the bill.  View ad now

As Members of Congress depart Washington, DC this week to return to their home states and districts for the April recess, a new massive ad campaign, along with hundreds of grassroots actions await their arrival. A new television ad will run nationwide and over 300 events will be held across the country to remind elected officials that a majority of the public demands passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

The suits seem nearly giddy over their apparent first-round public relations win against Big Labor over legislation expanding union organizing powers.

The following letter supporting the Employee Free Choice Act was written by H. Joseph Ayers, President of Teamsters Local Union 322, and published in the Richmond Times Dispatch. Click above to read the letter.

Dozens of workers rallied at the capitol Monday night to support the Employee Free Choice Act. Alan Hughes, the Arkansas AFL-CIO president,says they are trying to encourage Congress to pass the act.

The following letter supporting the Employee Free Choice Act was written by Mike Parker, Secretary-Tresurer of Teamsters Local Union 580, and published in the Lansing State Journal. Click above to read the letter.

Click through to read a letter to President Obama by Paul Krugman. The letter was published in Rolling Stone on January 14, 2009

Hundreds of workers and supporters have begun marching across Los Angeles in support of the Employee Free Choice Act.

Marchers rallied Thursday morning at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor offices and set out on a 10-mile trek across the city that will finish at the West Los Angeles Federal Building.

To the raucous cheers of some 3,000 union members in Chicago Tuesday night, Shirley Brown talked about how a strong middle class will jump-start the flagging economy.  Click above to read more on the EFCA movement around the country.

As a case manager and two-time ‘Employee of the Month' at a substance abuse recovery center in Scotts Valley, all Theo Jackson wanted was to provide quality care for his patients and a better standard of living for himself and his family. Click above to read more about why Theo Jackson was terminated for trying to form a union.

Here information about Labor groups on Wednesday stepping up the pressure on Congress to take up legislation that could give a major boost to union membership, organized labor's top priority.

Read more about the union movement showing more of its clout this week when thousands of supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act  rally on Capitol Hill to deliver 1.5 million signatures in support of the bill.

As union members we all know the value of strong representation in the workplace. We also know what it was like to fight for the right to have a voice on the job, a say in how you are treated, the hours you work, the wages you are paid and benefits you receive. But millions of non-union workers across the country don’t have these rights, and its time for that to change.