Jimmie Higgins
16th February 2006, 18:36
http://unionfacts.com/
That's the website folks and I'm speechless. Once again, the bizzaro upsidedown world of right wing propaganda where up is down, war is peace, and unions hurt workers but lower wages help workers.
The Center for Union Facts shot onto the public stage yesterday by running full-page ads in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. The ads, which cost a total of $240,000, say "The New Union Label," and then show a sign with the word "Closed" in capital letters hanging from a plant gate. Then it adds, "Brought to you by the union 'leaders' who helped bankrupt steel, auto and airline companies."
Mr. Berman said various companies and a foundation had contributed to his nonprofit group, but he refused to identify them. He said he hoped to spend more than $5 million a year on the campaign.
Mr. Berman runs a public affairs firm in Washington and helped to create the American Beverage Institute and the Employment Policies Institute, which has helped the restaurant industry fight increases in the minimum wage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/business...r=1&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/business/14labor.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
That's the website folks and I'm speechless. Once again, the bizzaro upsidedown world of right wing propaganda where up is down, war is peace, and unions hurt workers but lower wages help workers.
The Center for Union Facts shot onto the public stage yesterday by running full-page ads in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. The ads, which cost a total of $240,000, say "The New Union Label," and then show a sign with the word "Closed" in capital letters hanging from a plant gate. Then it adds, "Brought to you by the union 'leaders' who helped bankrupt steel, auto and airline companies."
Mr. Berman said various companies and a foundation had contributed to his nonprofit group, but he refused to identify them. He said he hoped to spend more than $5 million a year on the campaign.
Mr. Berman runs a public affairs firm in Washington and helped to create the American Beverage Institute and the Employment Policies Institute, which has helped the restaurant industry fight increases in the minimum wage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/business...r=1&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/business/14labor.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)