By Doug Cunningham

[Al From]: "It would ensure that the basic right to freely choose collective bargaining is maintained."

Al From of the Democratic Leadership Council, announcing the DLC’s support for the Employee Free Choice Act. The labor reform reinforces and protects workers’ rights to form unions by allowing them to simply sign certified union cards. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says the labor reform already has support from 215 members of the U.S. House and 43 U.S. Senators.

[John Sweeney]: "The Employee Free Choice Act is the most significant federal legislative proposal in nearly thirty years to protect our most basic and important workplace right."

Change To Win’s Anna Burger.

[Anna Burger]: "We can rebuild the American Dream. We can turn no-benefit, low-wage jobs into the middle class jobs of the future. But right now the law is stacked against working families because it's stacked against unions."

AFSCME President Gerald McIntee says this labor law reform would take the fear out of the decision to join a union.

[Gerald McIntee]: "It's about giving workers the freedom to decide whether they want a union - and allowing them to make that decision without being harassed, intimidated or fired."