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CWA Goes Over the Top in Kerry/Bush Postcard Campaign
CWA locals across the country have come through in labor's drive to thank Senator John Kerry for his support of bargaining and organizing rights while letting George W. Bush know that unions will make sure everyone knows where he stands on the issue.
A postcard drive by the AFL-CIO has netted 150,000 signed postcards to be presented to both candidates in battleground states before the Nov. 2 election.
More than 77,000 were addressed to Kerry, thanking him for co-sponsoring the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure that employers no longer interfere and stall when a majority of their workers decide to form a union. Another 73,000 cards were addressed to Bush, urging him to support the bill. An additional 27,000 cards came from people volunteering to help elect Kerry and help pass the law.
"CWA members submitted 22 percent of all cards collected, far more than any other union," said Andy Levin, AFL-CIO Voice@Work coordinator. "CWA's comprehensive efforts to involve its members in the fight to restore collective bargaining will be a benchmark for all of us as we gear up to pass the Employee Free Choice Act in 2005."
CWA Executive Vice President Larry Cohen said CWA led many demonstrations last Dec. 10, when the AFL-CIO celebrated International Human Rights Day with rallies supporting collective bargaining rights. CWA led the way again over the summer by collecting so many postcards.
"But restoring collective bargaining rights in the United States is a long road, and there are no short cuts," Cohen said. "It will take more workplace mobilization, and community support."
Co-sponsorship for the Employee Free Choice Act has grown to 208 representatives and 35 senators, including seven Republicans in the House and two in the Senate. They are Representatives Peter King, John McHugh, Jack Quinn and John Sweeney of New York, Steve LaTourette of Ohio, Rob Simmons of Connecticut and Chris Smith of New Jersey, and Senators Arlen Specter of Pennslyvania and Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado.
A postcard drive by the AFL-CIO has netted 150,000 signed postcards to be presented to both candidates in battleground states before the Nov. 2 election.
More than 77,000 were addressed to Kerry, thanking him for co-sponsoring the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure that employers no longer interfere and stall when a majority of their workers decide to form a union. Another 73,000 cards were addressed to Bush, urging him to support the bill. An additional 27,000 cards came from people volunteering to help elect Kerry and help pass the law.
"CWA members submitted 22 percent of all cards collected, far more than any other union," said Andy Levin, AFL-CIO Voice@Work coordinator. "CWA's comprehensive efforts to involve its members in the fight to restore collective bargaining will be a benchmark for all of us as we gear up to pass the Employee Free Choice Act in 2005."
CWA Executive Vice President Larry Cohen said CWA led many demonstrations last Dec. 10, when the AFL-CIO celebrated International Human Rights Day with rallies supporting collective bargaining rights. CWA led the way again over the summer by collecting so many postcards.
"But restoring collective bargaining rights in the United States is a long road, and there are no short cuts," Cohen said. "It will take more workplace mobilization, and community support."
Co-sponsorship for the Employee Free Choice Act has grown to 208 representatives and 35 senators, including seven Republicans in the House and two in the Senate. They are Representatives Peter King, John McHugh, Jack Quinn and John Sweeney of New York, Steve LaTourette of Ohio, Rob Simmons of Connecticut and Chris Smith of New Jersey, and Senators Arlen Specter of Pennslyvania and Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado.