George W. Bush

 John Kerry

• Does not support the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill which would enable workers to more fairly and rapidly indicate whether they want a union and provides increased penalties for violations of workers’ rights.
• Destroyed the bargaining rights of more than 230,000 federal workers in the Homeland Security Department, Transportation Security Administration and other federal agencies.
• Under a developing Bush-Rumsfeld plan, 700,000 employees of the Department of Defense may lose their rights to collective bargaining.
• The Bush-appointed NLRB members are seeking to make the card-check process more difficult in their current legal review of the procedure.
• Proposed destroying postal workers’ bargaining rights.

• Co-sponsored the Employee Free Choice Act, which would enable workers to more fairly and rapidly indicate whether they want a union and provides increased penalties for violations of workers’ rights. 
• Supported collective bargaining and civil service protections for workers in the Homeland Security Department by voting against Bush’s proposal to take away their rights.
• Supported a bill to extend collective bargaining rights to firefighters, police and other public safety officers in 18 states. 
• Believes the card check and neutrality system is the fairest and most equitable way for employees to establish their desire to form a union.
• Strongly supports bargaining rights for postal workers.