The Center for Union Facts has launched a campaign against unions that included advertisements in some of the nation's most prestigious newspapers, the New York Times reports.
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Download NowThe group ran full-page advertisements in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. The ads included text that read "The New Union Label" above an image of a closed sign on a locked fence. Below the image, the ads read: "Brought to you by the union 'leaders' who helped bankrupt steel, auto and airline companies."
Richard Berman, a lobbyist and executive director of the Center for Union Facts, declined to provide details about what companies are backing the campaign.
In addition to running the anti-union ads, the center placed a dinosaur outside of AFL-CIO headquarters yesterday. The center says the dinosaur represents its belief that union leaders are relics of the past.
The AFL-CIO says the campaign is a response to unions' efforts to organize workers.
"It's clear that corporations are fighting back against workers' efforts to roll back corporate power," Lane Windham, a spokesperson for the A.F.L.-C.I.O., tells the newspaper. "It's no accident that corporations are doing this against us when unions are trying to make sure that employers pay their fair share on heath care and when we're taking on giant corporations like Wal-Mart ."
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