Dean: Workers Deserve a Fair Shake

November 07, 2008

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean appeared on Hardball Wednesday to discuss the priorities for President-elect Barack Obama’s administration. The first example host Chris Matthews brought up was the Employee Free Choice Act.

What Matthews refers to as “card check” is a key piece of legislation that will make it easier for workers to form unions. Gov. Dean argued that, after eight years of abuses, it’s time to level the playing field for working families.

"It is our job to make sure that working-class and middle class people get their fair share and a fair shake, which they haven't done in the last eight years. "That's what the campaign was all-all about. That was probably the single biggest issue that-that elected Barack Obama and Joe Biden, is, let's do something for middle-class Americans and working-class Americans, who haven't had much done for them in the last eight years."

Join the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act by signing our online petition. (hat tip to thsisnotanexit at Daily Kos)