Join Tweet-a-Thon and Expose the Chamber of Commerce Friday

by Tula Connell, Nov 20, 2009

“U.S. Chamber of Greed” is a nice short tweet to start the day with a NotMyChamber Tweet-a-Thon.

Get set to join a tweet-a-thon Friday, at 10 a.m. EST, to help launch the #notmychamber campaign spearheaded by the worker advocacy group, American Rights at Work.

If you are on Twitter, starting at 10 a.m., sign the organization’s “Not My Chamber” act.ly petition at http://act.ly/1cc or by tweeting: RT @araw petition @chamberpost: The U.S. #Chamber doesn’t represent me. It’s Not My Chamber! http://act.ly/1cc #notmychamber (RT to sign!)

If you don’t use Twitter (and can understand nary a word of the previous paragraph), you can sign the “Not My Chamber” pledge here: www.notmychamber.org. Already, 20,301 people and 3,102 business owners have signed the pledge.

With its nearly $100 million lobbying budget, the Chamber of Commerce is actively fighting issues like aid to jobless workers, paid sick leave and creation of an agency to watchdog the interests of consumers. Most recently, it tried to kill health care reform by hiring a paid gun to call health care reform “a job-killer.” The Chamber has “U.S.” at the front of its name but relentlessly promotes trade and jobs policies that send good U.S. jobs overseas.
So, don’t stop at one tweet. Here are some samples to send out throughout the day:

1. US #Chamber of Commerce reconsidering junk “study” to attack healthcare reform. http://bit.ly/3ZXfbP #notmychamber
2. Apple, Nike, Johnson & Johnson rejected the U.S. #Chamber over global warming. I agree: they’re #NotMyChamber http://act.ly/1cc
3. Over 3,000 businesses have joined with Apple, Nike, PG&E to speak against the #Chamber on climate change! http://act.ly/1cc #notmychamber
4. US #Chamber demands that employees give up their legal rights to press charges if they are raped. #NotMyChamber http://bit.ly/2ierXS
5. The US #Chamber of Commerce doesn’t believe in climate change. #NotMyChamber
6. US #Chamber tops the charts at $34M in lobbying in ONE QUARTER! http://bit.ly/2RaJl3
7. US #Chamber of Commerce has 300k members. In September, it was 3 million. Quite a difference! #NotMyChamber http://bit.ly/M3d3g
8. US #Chamber of Commerce leads spending against health care reform: $24M total last month http://bit.ly/2uXhtf It’s #NotMyChamber.
9. The US #Chamber opposes emergency H1N1 sick leave. It’s #NotMyChamber http://bit.ly/1rlnL5

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