Free Choice "Victory Is In Sight"

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

”What’s at stake is power and the very conscience of our country,” declared AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka (r) last night at the Employee Free Choice Act fundraiser atop the AFL-CIO. “We’ve gotten the ball down to the 5-yard line. Now we need to get it across the line.” Trumka joined AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and American Rights at Work Chair David Bonior in thanking the hundreds of labor leaders and activists gathered in perfect September weather on the 8th-floor terrace overlooking the White House -- “Where we finally have a friend,” said Holt Baker, noting that this was the first time in many years the terrace had been able to open – for their help raising over $10,000 at this event and millions more for the ongoing media campaign that’s aired tens of millions of ads supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. “There is power in the union and power in the labor movement,” concluded Bonior. “Victory is in sight!”
- report/photo by Chris Garlock