Wall Street Chooses Greed over Workers, Employee Free Choice Act

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.usw.org/media_center/news_articles?id=0276

NEWS ARTICLES | April 09, 2009

Second ad in a week builds on hundreds of grassroots events and momentum for legislation during Congressional recess

Greeted with a new massive nationwide ad campaign along with over 350 grassroots actions, members of Congress returned to their home states and districts this week to be reminded that a majority of the public demands passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. A new, hard-hitting television ad will hit national airwaves today exposing the real motives of those who oppose the Employee Free Choice Act. It joins another ad already on the air and grassroots events across the country highlighting the broad support for the bill.

The ad calls out corporations, many of whom have received billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts, as opposing workers' freedom to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits at a time when the imbalance of power is the reason for our economic crisis. Instead of focusing on rebuilding our economy and getting us out of the mess they helped to create, the ad points out that companies like Bank of America took $45 billion in taxpayer money and have been working against the Employee Free Choice Act, exploiting their low wage workers, and rewarding its leaders, like CEO Ken Lewis, with million dollar payouts.

Click here to see the ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAy-ZPWI8RI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usw.org%2Four_union%2Four_issues%2Ffree_choice%3Fid%3D0015&feature=player_embedded