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Mark Barrios talks about the Employee Free Choice Act

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Deacon John Moore, President of the American Federation of Musicians Local 174-496 in New Orleans, LA, urges Senator Landrieu to support the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Christopher Burkette is a member of the Boilermakers Local 1814 in Bridge City, LA. Christopher has been working at Avondale Shipyards since 1989 and was involved in the decade long struggle to form a union at the Shipyard.

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Reverend Melanie of the First Unitarian Universalist Church in New Orleans, LA prays for Louisiana Senators to support the Employee Free Choice Act at the Interfaith Worker Justice Prayer Vigil, 6/15/2009.

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Elsie Burkhalter, of Slidell, LA, serves as President of the St. Tammany Parish Federation of Teachers, Vice President of LFT and is the Vice Chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party.

In St. Tammany Parish all employees–bus drivers/owners/operators, secretaries, food service workers, custodians, teaching assistants and teachers–have their union with LFT.

Ms. Burkhalter talks about the professional dignity that comes with the right to bargain collectively and why she supports the Employee Free Choice Act.

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AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Rich Trumka urges people to call Senator Landrieu and let her know how important the Employee Free Choice Act is to working people in Louisiana.

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Stewart Acuff at the League of Woman Voters Event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana talking about the Employee Free Choice Act

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Candice Castillo, an organizer with United Teachers of New Orleans, talks about the Employee Free Choice Act and the difference UTNO has made for the education system in Louisiana at a Fishbowl roundtable at the Community Book Center, New Orleans, LA, 5/28/2009

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Terry Taylor, retired Business Manager for the Machinists in Lake Charles, talks about the difficulties working people face when trying to form a union during an Employee Free Choice Act working lunch at the IBEW Hall in Lake Charles.

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Bradley Edwards of IBEW Local 861 talks about the Employee Free Choice Act

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