New TV Ad Compares Union Bosses to Class Bullies

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New TV Ad Compares Union Bosses to Class Bullies
Monday July 31, 1:31 pm ET
Center for Union Facts Continues Assault Against Union Officials' Anti-Democratic Organizing Methods

WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Blasting union bosses working to end secret ballot elections in the workplace, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) today launched a new national television commercial as well as full-page advertisements in USA TODAY and The New York Times.

The commercial shows a classroom of children holding a student body election and asks, "What if labor bosses controlled class elections?" After announcing his candidacy, the class bully makes it clear that in this election "there isn't going to be any secret vote."

The full-page ad in The New York Times inquires, "Should Democracy Stop at the Border?" The ad in USA TODAY asks, "Why Is a Union Like a Roach Trap?"


FAIRLY UNBALANCED WARNING! Read this.

The "Center for Union Facts" Is Rick Berman's Newest Fiction
Topics: front groups | labor | corporations
Source: UnionFacts.com, February 13, 2006

On February 13, full-page advertisements in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, along with a media stunt involving a dinosaur, announced a new union-bashing front group called Center for Union Facts. Who is behind the ad and their UnionFacts.com website? Nothing in the advertisements or the webpage mentions Rick Berman, but -- Bingo! -- that's who owns the website domain name. Rick Berman is a right-wing lobbyist who has built a lucrative career establishing industry-funded front groups including FishScam.com, the Center for Consumer Freedom, the Employment Policies Institute, the Employment Roundtable and ActivistCash.com. Berman specializes in personal attacks, smear tactics and playing loose with the facts. He has raised millions of dollars from tobacco, booze, biotech, fast food, grocery and other businesses eager to pay Berman to do their dirty work. Another Berman connection to the Center for Union Facts is Sarah Longwell, the group's PR contact, who has also worked for Berman's Employment Policies Institute.

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