CWAers Meet in Washington, D.C., at Exactly the Right Time

Spreading the Employee Free Choice message: CWA Local 9421 members hang a banner for Employee Free Choice over a freeway overpass in Sacramento, above, and Local 9400 members hang a sign over a Los Angeles freeway.

Political newspapers and blogs are reporting that Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has indicated that he will be ready to bring up the Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate next month.  

When 2,500 CWA members meet for Lobby Day on June 24, as part of the joint convention/legislative political conference, it will be at exactly the right time to make a difference on this important legislation. 

We'll be a critical counterpoint to the Chamber of Commerce and its "Fly-In Lobby Days" that the Chamber has been using to try and defeat Employee Free Choice. The Chamber has been flying in groups of 100 chief executive officers by state, setting up meetings with senators and staff. For California, the Chamber brought in 300 CEOs to lobby Senator Dianne Feinstein.

That makes CWA's Lobby Day more important than ever.