Take Part in Call-In Week for Employee Free Choice Act

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/06/04/take-part-in-call-in-week-for-employee-free-choice-act/

Take Part in Call-In Week for Employee Free Choice Act

Bernard Pollack, AFL-CIO field coordinator, urges all union activists and allies to take part in the National Call-In Week for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate.

Union activists and allies across the nation are kicking off a Call-In Week of action today to urge senators to vote for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I30odxBhj8


With the Senate planning for a floor debate on the Employee Free Choice Act in coming days, we’re gearing up to make thousands of phone calls this week to persuade or thank U.S. senators around the Employee Free Choice Act.

United Steelworkers Political Director Chuck Rocha (see video) says the Employee Free Choice Act

cuts to the root of everything we talk about in the union movement: The right to organize. The right to collective bargaining. The rights of members at worksites to have a voice at work. The Employee Free Choice Act is something that cuts across all unions and even into the general public. The general public really wants unions, they want representation at work.

The anti-worker rights campaign against this legislation is fierce. These big-pocket organizations know that by giving people a say in their working conditions, they will have a unified voice to advocate for affordable health care, job safety standards and the right to a secure retirement. That’s why these anti-Employee Free Choice Act groups are pouring millions of dollars into a campaign to stop us in our tracks.

FULL story at link.