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Wis. Union Families Thank Supporters of Employee Free Choice

 
   

Sara Wallenfang, field communications coordinator for the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, reports on the campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act. 

Around the country, the grassroots campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act is gathering support from people of all ages. Here in Wisconsin, members of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council (MALC) are getting the whole family involved by sending Valentine’s Day cards to members of Congress, thanking them for their support of the freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life. 

At last week’s labor council meeting, parents and kids alike took part in the effort to thank Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold and 4th District U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore for their past support of the Employee Free Choice Act and to encourage them to quickly pass it into law this year.

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