Political Action

URGENT!

Send an e-mail to U.S. Representative Dan Boren urging him to cosponsor and vote for the Employee Free Choice Act. Below are some key talking points and link to contact him.
Click here to read a letter from Congressman Boren regarding his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act
***Never threaten. Never mention campaign contributions, and always use appropriate language.***
You are holding up the bill by not cosponsoring, disappointing friends in Labor
The Employee Free Choice Act DOES NOT eliminate secret ballot
The Employee Free Choice Act simply gives workers the right to choose how they want to form THEIR Union
The Employee Free Choice Act is an amendment to the existing NLRA which makes no change to the current election process
An election has never been the only way workers can form their union under the NLRA
The Employee Free Choice Act will allow workers – not companies – to choose how they form their union by removing the veto power companies now have with the majority sign-up process

Working families in Oklahoma need help now more than ever
The unfair distribution of recent productivity gains are a main cause of the current economic disaster
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Angela Monson is the new Oklahoma City School Board Chairman. Thanks to all who voted!
In other news, The US Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Feb 24th upheld an Idaho state law (overturned in federal district court) banning payroll check-off deduction for Union political activities. While this ruling technically only affects government (including city, county, etc) employees, it's only a matter of time before they come after us (note that this issue was brought by the National Right to Work Foundation) . . .

"Payroll deduction should not be a constitutionally protected right," said Stefan Gleason, vice president of the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, which filed court papers in the case. "We feel it's bad public policy to have government bodies essentially be bagmen for union political monies."

Justices John Paul Stevens and David Souter dissented, saying the law was clearly aimed at stopping the political speech of unions.

The new language was placed inside a law "that deals with unions, the statute amended regulates unions, and all this legislation is placed in the state's labor law certification," Souter said. "Union speech and nothing else, seems to have been on the legislative mind."
Speak your mind while you still can! DO IT NOW!
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