Cross-posted from Lose the Label
I know there has been good coverage (finally!) on DKos of the EFCA but I wanted to do my part to enlist some more signers for the petitions and or calling your senators. Please forward this post (or just the petition links below!) to anybody you think might care about working Americans! Petitions are after the jump!!
Okay, so if you have been a member of this group for a little while on LtL (or Dkos!) or if you generally support Labor then you most likely heard of the Employee Free Choice Act. If not, the two largest Labor Organization federations, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Change To Win Coalition (CtW) have plenty to say about what the bill would do and why is important to all Americans, but especially those of us who work for a living. You can check out their statements here and here.
Most importantly, there is still time to act on this historic legislation. You can take my word fo rit that if this legislation becomes law the Union movement will see a new era of growth and success and that this will positively affect every other Left-Wing movement in the nation, or you can look around a bit and learn about it for yourself. After you scrolled down this group's blog a bit to check out what the EFCA is, please click these links to sign the petitions:
AFL-CIO's EFCA petition
CtW's EFCA petition
And for good measure: the Democratic Party's EFCA petition
This is one of those Bills that is so dangerous to the success of Bush's America that he has pretty much promised a veto in order to try to kill it before it reaches his desk (that's right - its right up there with stopping the War and funding Stem Cell Research!), so what better way to simultaneously give him the finger, show that the Dems and not the Rethugs stand with working Americans, and scare the living shit out of Corporate CEOs all at the same time! Enjoy!!