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http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/20/enemies-of-unions

Analysis: Adam Turl

The enemies of unions and the lies they tell
Adam Turl looks at the employers' dirty campaign to block legislation that would make it easier to join a union.

February 20, 2009

WITHIN DAYS of receiving $25 billion in federal bailout money--paid for with your tax dollars--Bank of America hosted a conference call of corporate executives and conservatives to strategize about how to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).

Today, members of the Twin Cities branch of the IWW handed out leaflets to workers and passersby in front of the US Trust Building in Minneapolis. US Trust was recently bought our by Bank of America and now functions as their "Private Wealth Management Division." They got positive reactions from every single person who took a leaflet. A few of the people they talked to were being laid off themselves. Workers in this country are hungry for change, and increasingly ready for a fight.