 As David Dayen pointed out recently, there is one big name missing from the list of supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act - Senator Dianne Feinstein.
The entire California Democratic Congressional Delegation, including Senator Barbara Boxer, has indicated their support for the bill. And Senator Feinstein co-sponsored and voted for the Employee Free Choice Act in 2007.
Now her support is needed more than ever before. Today Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) went out of his way to announce his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act. For many supporters of workers' right to organize, especially supporters of this bill which will help restore the balance in workers' decision to join a union away from the union-busting industry that helps employers break unions and keep down wages, Specter's decision is disappointing. It does mean that it will be more difficult to secure passage of the bill in the Senate.
And that's precisely why we must insist that Senator Feinstein express her support for the Employee Free Choice Act. To help accomplish that the Courage Campaign is asking its members to sign our petition to Senator Feinstein so that she will know Californians support the Employee Free Choice Act - and that she should as well.
Over the flip is the text of the email we sent to our members.
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