We want to know who Senator Specter will support: workers or Wall Street. So we're launching a new ad to remind the Senator that workers in Pennsylvania and across the country are counting on Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
The ad makes it clear that the debate on the Employee Free Choice presents a choice: help the corporations that drove this economy out of balance or help working people and make the economy work for everyone again.
When Congress headed home for the recess, activists all across the country used that time to turn up the heat. After an incredibly successful launch in Washington, the “Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act” campaign hit key states during the congressional recess. Mobile billboards logged over 5000 miles across America to make sure lawmakers couldn’t ignore the need for the Employee Free Choice Act.
In Arkansas, workers rallied in support of the bill. Dan Luevano, one of the “Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act,” was on hand to tell his story in Colorado. In Pittsburgh, over 300 people rallied in support of the Employee Free Choice Act and delivered letters to Senator Specter’s office. All over the country, over 400 community events highlighted the need for labor law reform and the faces of the workers impacted by our broken labor law sysem.
We're launching a new, hard-hitting ad to support the Employee Free Choice Act. "Greed" calls out corporations, many of whom have received billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts, for opposing the Employee Free Choice Act.
The ad points out that instead of focusing on rebuilding our economy, companies like Bank of America have been working against workers' freedom to bargain collectively, exploiting their low wage workers, and rewarding their leaders with million dollar payouts.
Just like their characters from The West Wing, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, and Richard Schiff care deeply about the struggles of working families.
That's why they came to Washington, DC to help kick off our "Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act" campaign and recorded this video. Check it out!
We're kicking off a tremendous surge of activity in support of the Employee Free Choice Act during the upcoming congressional recess. As members of Congress head home, we're launching a new television ad for the Employee Free Choice Act.
"Fabric of America" reminds viewers that unions are the fabric of a sound economy and the foundation of America's middle class. Building on this message, over 300 events will be held across the country to remind elected officials that a majority of the public demands passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
On March 31, MSNBC’s “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” featured a live interview on the Employee Free Choice Act with American Rights at Work Board Member Bradley Whitford and his fellow West Wing star Richard Schiff.
On Tuesday, March 31st, actors Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, and Richard Schiff from the award winning television show The West Wing
joined workers and members of Congress for a major media event on Capitol Hill. Together, they unveiled a new ad
and grassroots campaign: “Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act.”
The campaign features:
Advertising.
Building banners that will be displayed throughout Washington, DC.
Billboard trucks driving around legislators' home state offices during the April congressional recess.
Leafleting, call-in days, rallies and other grassroots action in lawmakers' home states.
A growing, bipartisan coalition of policymakers supports the Employee
Free Choice Act, federal legislation that would ensure workers have a
free choice and a fair chance to form a union.
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When Congress headed home for the recess, activists all across the country used that time to turn up the heat. After an incredibly successful launch in Washington, the “Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act” campaign hit key states during the congressional recess. Mobile billboards logged over 5000 miles across America to make sure lawmakers couldn’t ignore the need for the Employee Free Choice Act.
