[Antiracism] [EFCA] 1.5 million signatures being turned in

Wed Feb 4 23:39:05 EST 2009

from: jwjnational at jwj.org

 <http://www.jwj.org> 

We've Passed the Million Mark!

Now, let's pass the Employee Free Choice Act.

Our new goal: 2 million signatures by Feb. 16.

 <http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&subsource=5> Sign the
petition and restore balance to our economy.

 <http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&subsource=4> 

As we write this, thousands of workers are gathering on Capitol Hill to call
for an economy that works for everyone.

Joined by members of Congress, they came to deliver dozens of boxes
containing some of the 1.5 million signatures on our petition to pass the
Employee Free Choice Act and rebuild the middle class.

But corporate lobbyists are mounting a ferocious campaign to defeat this
bill. We need your grassroots power to fight back.

So we've set a new goal: 2 million signatures before Congress goes on its
February break.

 <http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&subsource=5> Sign the
petition TODAY and help rebuild the middle class.

Your name will add strength to our new online roll call showing the
million-plus supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act.
<http://www.jwj.org/> Click here to see it.   

Every worker bringing boxes of petitions to their Senators today is also
bringing a message: It's time our economy worked for everyone. Too often, a
lifetime's hard work is rewarded with soaring health care costs, home
foreclosure and an uncertain future.

The Employee Free Choice Act is critical to our economic recovery. Good
union jobs helped build America's middle class. This legislation will
rekindle the American Dream by leveling the playing field and empowering
workers to form unions and bargain for a better life.

That's why greedy CEOs are terrified of this bill. One top executive has
called it "the demise of a civilization."
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank-of-america-hosted-an_n_161248
.html> -*-  And they're fighting with underhanded tactics, misleading ads,
shady front groups and, of course, big budgets.

But we can win if enough of us get involved. Members of Congress have a
weeklong break this month, and we've planned hundreds of lobby meetings at
their home offices. Imagine those workers handing over our petition and
being able to say, "Two million people support the Employee Free Choice
Act." 

 <http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&subsource=5> Move us
closer to 2 million signatures-it just takes one minute.

We'll keep you posted on how you can help once the bill is introduced and as
the vote gets closer. Thank you once again for being part of this fight. 

Sincerely,

Jobs with Justice
 <http://www.jwj.org/> www.jwj.org

P.S. If you have a blog or social networking page, please post our scrolling
petition widget (like the one pictured above and at www.jwj.org
<http://www.jwj.org/>  ) help spread the word. Paste the text below into the
code of your page:

<script type='text/javascript'>
var efca_button = 1;
var efca_hide_embed = 1;
var efca_link_url =
"http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=widget&subsource=i";
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'
src='http://www.freechoiceact.net/widget.js'></script>

If your site doesn't accept javascript (eg myspace), you can paste this
button:

<a href=http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=b target="blank">
<img src=" <http://www.jwj.org/images/campaigns/workers/efca_mmm.gif>
http://www.jwj.org/images/campaigns/workers/efca_mmm.gif></img></a>

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Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this. 

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for Jobs with Justice. 

 <http://www.unionvoice.org> 

  <http://www.unionvoice.org/nlor/8x38d6n417b8tiw5> 

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<http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html> http://jwj.org/freechoice/index.html,
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