Which side is Senator Dianne Feinstein on?

Tell Senator Feinstein to join the rest of the California Democratic Congressional delegation in co-sponsoring the Employee Free Choice Act

The Employee Free Choice Act is an essential piece of our national economic recovery program. It allows workers to organize a union more easily and free from employer interference, giving them the power to more successfully negotiate with large corporations to protect the middle class during this severe recession. It is one of the most important pieces of progressive legislation in 2009. President Barack Obama supports it, as do most Democrats, including Senator Barbara Boxer.

Senator Feinstein, however, has refused to take a position on the bill -- even though she co-sponsored it and voted for it in 2007.

As large corporations and conservatives mount a campaign of misinformation and lies to discredit the Employee Free Choice Act, we need Senator Feinstein to declare whose side she is on - the side of working Americans facing economic peril and wanting to organize unions to rebuild the middle class, or the corporate bosses that want to exploit them?

Please sign this letter to Senator Feinstein as soon as possible:

Dear Senator Dianne Feinstein,

In this time of economic crisis, we are distressed to hear that you have not yet endorsed the Employee Free Choice Act, especially as conservatives launch a massive campaign to discredit and oppose the bill.

The Employee Free Choice Act, which you co-sponsored and voted for in 2007, is a centerpiece of progressive efforts to help working Americans recover from this economic crisis. As in the Great Depression, the best way to rebuild the middle class is to allow workers to form unions. Workers covered by a union contract have better wages and benefits. Non-union workers benefit from these higher standards when unions are strong in their areas.

We, the undersigned, call upon you to endorse and to co-sponsor the Employee Free Choice Act. We ask that you join President Barack Obama, Senator Barbara Boxer, the entire California Democratic delegation in the House of Representatives, members of labor unions and progressives across America in ensuring that this act becomes law in 2009.

Signed,