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American Rights at Work will launch a new $3 million national television ad campaign tomorrow featuring actual workers who make the case for the Employee Free Choice Act. The ads are part of an ongoing, comprehensive campaign from a broad coalition of labor and workers’ rights advocates who are mobilizing to support this critical pro-middle class bill.
The Employee Free Choice Act will help level the playing field for workers by making it easier for them to bargain with their employers for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. It will also help employees secure a contract in a reasonable period of time, and toughen penalties against employers who break the law.
The ads are a positive response to the negative advertising campaign by the opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act. The right to organize has been effectively hamstrung by the multi-million dollar union busting industry that considers any attempt by workers to improve their lives bad for business.
“On Election Day, the American people voted for hope and change – and our ads continue their call for action to make our economy work for everyone again, not just CEOs and corporate special interests,” says American Rights at Work Executive Director Mary Beth Maxwell. “That’s why a substantial majority of Americans see the Employee Free Choice Act as part of the common sense solutions critical to economic recovery and reinvigorating the middle class.”
The Employee Free Choice Act is the most important economic stimulus bill Congress will consider during the early days of the Obama administration. The best economic stimulus is a good job, and the best jobs are found at workplaces that have collective bargaining agreements.
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