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Religious leaders, community allies and Interfaith Worker Justice gathered in front of Senator Landrieu’s office in New Orleans to release the faith community’s Statement of Support for the Employee Free Choice Act signed by over 100 local religious leaders.

Keron Blair, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, announced that a delegation of religious leaders from Louisiana will travel to Washington, DC on September 10th to meet with their elected officials and urge them to support the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Father Lundy, Director of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Catholic Student Center at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA talks about shy he supports the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Dwayne “Tink” Reeves, IBEW 861, Talks About the Employee Free Choice Act at an Economic Forum in Lake Charles, LA May 20th.

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Roosevelt Smalley, retired Business Manager of UFCW in Shreveport and President of the Shreveport Central Labor Council, discusses the Employee Free Choice Act at the Northwest Louiana Round Table Workers Luncheon on Thursday May 21st.

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Greg Lavergne and John Green, IBEW 995, Baton Rouge talk about the Employee Free Choice Act & Binding Arbitration

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Minster Charlie Davis, Pastor of the Church of Christ–Red Chute, delivers a prayer in honor of Shreveport City workers who are engaged in a struggle to form a union and for the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

“It’s Time for a Change” Prayer Vigil sponsored by A. Philip Randolph Institute and St. Mary’s Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA August 11, 2009.

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Interfaith Worker Justice and several allies from the religious community held a prayer vigil to move Senator Landrieu to support the Employee Free Choice Act in New Orleans on Monday June 15th. The crowd joined together signing “I woke up this morning with my mind on justice” to the tune of Fred McDowell’s “I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus”.

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IUPAT Local 2350 discusses the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Deacon John Moore, President of the American Federation of Musicians Union Local 174-496 in New Orleans, wants Congress to support the Employee Free Choice Act.

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James Nelson, owner of Creative Computer Concepts in Baton Rouge, Willie Payne, owner of Payne’s Hair Academy in Baton Rouge, and Jennifer Turner, Manager of the Community Book Center, talk about how the Employee Free Choice Act will grow the economy, increase their customer base, and give workers a voice on the job

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