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AFSCME Members from throughout the state of Louisiana gathered at the Legislature in Baton Rouge on Tuesday May 12th to rally against proposed budget cuts that would negatively impact public sector employees.

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Rev. Dr. C.S. Gordon Jr., Pastor New Zion Baptist Church, delivers the faith community’s statement of support for the Employee Free Choice Act at a press conference in front of Senator Landrieu’s office in New Orleans on September 3, 2009.

Over 100 local religious leaders and clergy members in the Greater New Orleans area have signed on in support of workers rights and the Employee Free Choice Act.

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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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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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Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu finally answers questions about her support for the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act.

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Garland Web, Retired President AFSCME District 17 in Louisiana, Talks About the Employee Free Choice Act.

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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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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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