Union Unleashes Brutal Video Tying Anti-EFCA Blue Dog Dem To Dead Worker

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Plum Line (blog)

This is some rough stuff. The SEIU has just launched a hard-hitting Web video that ties Blue Dog Democrat Dan Boren to the horrific death of a worker in his home state, yet another sign that the battle over the Employee Free Choice Act is shaping up as a no-holds-barred free-for-all.

The video — an effort to make Boren pay a political price in his home state for his recent declaration that he’ll vote against EFCA — dramatizes the plight of a father of four who, according to the video, worked at an industrial laundry and was dragged into a heavy duty dryer, where he was violently tossed around for 20 minutes and eventually died:

The video, which was made with Brave New Films and will be blasted to the media later this morning, argues that if the facility been unionized — which would be easier under EFCA — the workers would have had better safety and health protections, perhaps preventing the worker’s death.

Read more: http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/labor/union-unleashes-brutal-video-tying-anti-efca-blue-dog-dem-to-dead-worker/

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Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28IGrU29Ne0&eurl=http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/labor/union-unleashes-brutal-video-tying-anti-efca-blue-dog-dem-to-dead-worker/