TV, newspaper ads attack Al Franken on union views

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/25451219.html?location_refer=Politically%20Connected%20Box:Minneapolis

The ads, expected to run through early August, concern Franken's support for a bill about rules for creating unions.

By KEVIN DUCHSCHERE, Star Tribune

Last update: July 14, 2008 - 8:54 PM

With gas prices through the roof and the economy slumping, the issue of union elections hasn't been on the front burner for most voters.

But it's the focus of attention-grabbing TV and newspaper ads that two Washington-based business groups have rolled out to hammer DFL Senate candidate Al Franken.

The ads, placed by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and the Employee Freedom Action Committee, accuse Franken of opposing secret-ballot union elections because he supports the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation designed to make it easier for unions to organize employees in a workplace.

The bill passed the U.S. House last year with bipartisan support but got blocked by a Senate filibuster.

One of the 48 senators who voted to stall the bill was Republican Norm Coleman. He has said the legislation would strip workers of their right to decide privately whether they want to join a union.

Franken campaign spokesman Andy Barr on Friday called that a lie fueled by the "corporate interests" that are funding Coleman's campaign. Franken blasted Coleman last month for supporting the filibuster and selling out "to corporate special interests time and time again."

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1. Take the gloves and masks off!

We need to expose corporate lackeys wherever they are, and the best way is to back them into a corner with the difficult questions.