SEIU Demands Nebraska, Arkansas TV Stations Pull Down Misleading "Employee Forced Choice Act" Ads
The Service Employees International Union is demanding that television stations in Arkansas and Nebraska pull down ads calling on Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Mark Pryor (D-AR), and Ben Nelson (D-NE) to vote against the "Employee Forced Choice Act."
"Your news network is running an advertisement sponsored by the Employee Freedom Action Committee," reads a letter the union sent to networks in both states, "which is demonstrably false and maliciously misleads viewers about unions and the Employee Free Choice Act."
In particular, the ad misleadingly refers to the "Employee Forced Choice Act."... The falsehoods and misrepresentations...warrant its immediate removal from the air.
The letter, which you can read here in full, explains the ads numerous distortions. The Employee Freedom Action Committee is the brainchild of notorious lobbyist Richard Berman, whose anti-union activities are well known to the labor movement.
| TOPICS: Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, EFCA, Labor, Mark Pryor, SEIU
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more change you can believe in.
the lie becomes the truth.
July 10, 2009 12:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
what in THE hell are you talking about???
July 10, 2009 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
The ad forgot to include demands for paid non-working employees, a piece of the company, and dues for use as Democrat campaign funding. Otherwise it looks pretty close to the real deal.
July 10, 2009 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
They can whine about it, but a better response would be an actual response ad that tears the liars a new asshole. I hope that is in the works. It is better to let the lie out and destroy it than to try and suppress it.
July 10, 2009 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink