FREEDOM in ACTION

On Video

As the Freedom Foundation expands nationally, we’re seeing an epidemic of desperation from large unions, especially teachers’ unions like the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Association of Teachers (AFT).

Case in point: With waves of public employees in Connecticut choosing to leave their union in the past few weeks (with an assist from the Freedom Foundation) , the AFT in that state has put together a video begging its members to stay.

The video resorts to fearmongering and outright lies to smear the Freedom Foundation as something other than it is --- a beacon of hope for public employees fighting in vain against the union machine. Here are just a few of the lies and pieces of misinformation in their video.” n “They want to take away Connecticut’s union rights.” n “(They’re) attempting to break our collective right to a union.” n “(They’re) tricking our co-workers to chip away at our union power.” n “So they are harvesting our personal information.”

False. We’re simply providing public employees information about their rights.

False. We’re simply providing public employees information about their rights.

False. We’re simply providing public employees infomration about their rights.

False. We make legal requests for public infomoration about government employees.

The real irony is a union that claims it is strong and doing well, yet clearly in panic mode. Just maybe the picture isn’t quite as rosy as they claim. Why else would they be spending large sums of money putting out videos, mailers, emails and doing door-to-door visits to convince their members to keep handing over their paychecks?

--- MATTHEW HAYWARD, National Outreach Director