Article 23 (4) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), to which the United States is a signatory, states that "Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests."
Unions protect workers from corporate tyranny. Unionization gives workers the power to bargain for fair wages and decent benefits. And, per the UDHR, unionization has been defined as a basic human right.
But the Senate doesn't care.
The Senate voted yesterday to deny that human right to the American workers.
The good news: 51 senators voted in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act.
The bad news: 60 votes were needed for the bill to proceed at this time.
So nine senators made the difference in choosing to support corporate greed at the expense of worker rights.
>> See how your Senators voted.
>> Learn more about the Employee Free Choice Act, from American Rights at Work.
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