The U.S. Chamber's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad lobbying day

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce really stepped in it yesterday.

The multi-million dollar corporate group flew in hundreds of CEOs and other businesspeople to pressure your senators into doing nothing to help working people. But boy, did it not go well for the U.S. Chamber.

Two of their priority senators both issued public statements after meeting with the U.S. Chamber saying that they are open to debate on labor law reform - exactly what the U.S. Chamber is fighting against.

Let's seize this opportunity. Write to your senators now and let them know that they should stand with working people, not the greedy CEOs represented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Click here:

http://action.seiu.org/page/speakout/chamberlobbying

The U.S. Chamber is backed by some of the biggest corporations in America. Now they're spending millions of dollars to stop corporations from being held accountable.

Just yesterday the U.S. Chamber placed a newspaper ad in Washington, DC riddled with lies, hypocrisy, and misconceptions about the Employee Free Choice Act. In short, they're fighting to make sure only greedy CEOs can have contracts - and that working people can't.

But the U.S. Chamber's CEO lobby day went so poorly that we a chance to push back and make clear to the senate that working people need help - and they need it now.

Send your message to the Senate now.

http://action.seiu.org/page/speakout/chamberlobbying

Thanks for all you do.

In solidarity,

Michael Whitney
Change that Works
SEIU.org

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION

SEIU
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

they deserve.

There are deep, twisted pockets there that have done tremendous damage to the body politic for decades. I couldn't be happier that they are getting some resistance at last.!

if anyone remembers a penn and teller bullshit about walmart haters, the chicago alderman that refused to allow a walmart in his ward and who sponsored and passed an ordinance requiring big box retailers to pay a living wage. it was vetoed by mayor daley.
swiftboat funder david herro, a hedge fund manager with large walmart holdings, funded a hapless nitwit who nearly beat him in a non-partisan runoff. the election was a squeaker. an "accountable" chamber of commerce was one of the talking points that the challenger bandied about. the purple ocean saved joe moore's bacon.
and sure enough, 2 years later, the small time neighborhood chamber is now a chapter of the u.s. chamber. i am trying to convince people that the chamber is not floyd and the boys from the barber shop. this story is a perfect example. thank you. i will post this on the neighborhood blog.

They're bad news (for the people) all around.