On February 18, UE's Political Action Director Chris Townsend appeared on the program "Inside Story" on the global TV news network Al Jazeera. The topic of the 25-minute program was "Attacking Unions." The host asked whether Mitt Romney was politically smart to be attacking unions in the campaign for the Michigan Republican presidential primary, but the focus quickly broadened to a discussion of unions and their role in American politics. The other two guests were Jason Johnson, a political science professor, and "Republican strategist" J.P. Freire.
Townsend went toe-to-toe with Friere, dismantling the Republican's attacks on labor. The GOP representative got particularly uncomfortable when Townsend shifted the discussion to the misdeeds of the banks and financial services corporations that wrecked the economy in what Townsend called "the worst corporate crime wave in history." Townsend also made clear that, while the efforts of Republicans to destroy unions is our primary concern, UE is by no means satisfied with the "inconsistent" support labor has received from Democrats.
You can watch the entire program at this link.