Hightower: Unions the Escalator to the Middle Class

by Seth Michaels, Jul 31, 2009

Author and radio commentator Jim Hightower paid a visit to Colorado this week where he met with members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 7 as part of an Employee Free Choice Act mobilization campaign.

Hightower said the freedom to form unions and bargain is crucial to a healthy and fair economy.

Unions are the escalator to the middle class. Unions are the key to America’s productivity. Unions are a real hope for real change—fairness, justice, opportunity.

Hightower told CWA members they need to get involved and get active if the Employee Free Choice Act is to become law:

Now, we’ve put the Employee Free Choice Act on the table…are we going to give working people a chance again? This is when you have got to stand up.

Check out video of Hightower’s speech here.

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