July 08, 2009 6:46 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rick Berman's Employee Freedom Action Committee Expands Inaccurate And Offensive Ad Campaign
Last week, the Employee Freedom Action Network has launched an ad campaign targeting centrist senators whose votes could be crucial in reaching cloture on the Employee Free Choice Act. After targeting Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) last week, EFAC is now going after Arkansas Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor. In addition to its offensive portrayal of union representatives as mobsters, the ad falsely claims that "unions want federal bureaucrats to take away your personal rights."
July 02, 2009 3:52 pm ET filed under Blog
$1 Million Anti-Worker Ad Campaign Likens Teamsters To The Mafia
In a new ad, Rick Berman's misnamed Employee Freedom Action Center portrays union representatives as mobsters.
May 14, 2009 5:08 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Anti-Worker Group Makes Outrageous Claims About Employee Free Choice Act
On May 14, 2009, LaborPains.org, a project of lobbyist Richard Berman's Center for Union Facts, published a blog post claiming that President Obama admitted that the Employee Free Choice Act eliminates secret-ball elections. In addition, the post uses faulty logic to argue that "the scales are actually tilted for unions, not against."
