Gaylord Workers Hope To Win Voice With A Stroke of Their Pens

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Anyone in Congress wondering whether American workers need the Employee Free Choice Act need look no farther than the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, a few short miles from the U.S. Capitol Building. On Friday, 1,400 workers hope to gain a voice on the job simply by signing cards saying they want a union.  The official card count will be held this afternoon and local union leaders say the card-check agreement at Gaylord – the centerpiece of the Employee Free Choice Act – eliminated the usual acrimony, expense and litigation fueled by the union-busting industry and employers looking to stifle worker rights.