Faith Leaders, Working Women Take Action to Support Employee Free Choice Act

by Seth Michaels, Jun 5, 2009

In Arkansas and other key states, union members and allies are rallying for Employee Free Choice.

This morning, 20 religious leaders in Hammond, Ind., met with union members from the Northwest Indiana Federation of Labor to talk about the need for the Employee Free Choice Act and sign a letter to Sen. Evan Bayh asking him to support workers’ freedom to form unions. 

Today’s breakfast is just a small part of a national effort on behalf of  faith communities in support of the fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. 

Union members, religious leaders, Working America members and a wide range of allies have made their voices heard with prayer vigils and rallies at Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s offices all around Arkansas, including Little Rock, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Texarkana and El Dorado. They’ve also held vigils in Indiana, including events in South Bend, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, as well as Omaha, Neb., and Missoula, Mont.

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