In Radio Ad, Sheen Asks Senators to Support Employee Free Choice Act
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| Actor Martin Sheen is joining the fight for Employee Free Choice. |
Going from TV president to real-life activist, “The West Wing” actor Martin Sheen is taking to the airwaves in a new radio ad in support of the Employee Free Choice Act and workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain.
Playing in four states, the ad is a project of Catholics for Working Families, one of the many faith groups around the nation supporting the Employee Free Choice Act.
In the ad, Sheen—a Catholic and a longtime union member—talks about the decline in union membership in the decades since he first joined a union, and how that’s undermined workers’ power in the economy:
As CEOs receive massive salaries and bonuses, working families continue to struggle. A bill in Congress called the Employee Free Choice Act will provide a fair and democratic process for workers to form unions, and that will help build a more just economy—an economy that promotes families, an economy that values human life and serves everyone, not just the people at the top.
The Grassroots Fight for Employee Free Choice
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Here are a few of the latest grassroots actions in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, proposed legislation that would level the playing field for workers seeking to form a union.
A coalition of Catholic organizations has launched Catholics for Working Families, a new campaign to engage the Catholic community to protect the freedom to form unions and bargain. Inspired by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose statements have consistently supported the freedom to form unions and bargain, some of America’s most active Catholic organizations have launched a website and a petition in support of the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Says Bishop Gabino Zavala, archbishop of the Los Angeles diocese and co-president of the Interfaith Worker Justice board of directors:
…it is vitally necessary to recognize that we cannot recover the health of our economy and our society without ensuring that the dignity and freedom of every worker is secure.
