STOP THE LIES: PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS UNDER ATTACK

Rochester, N.Y.--  Public service workers are under attack everywhere — on the front-page, cable news, the radio — every day. Average folk need to hear some truth.

Wall Street CEOs — with the help of their political friends in Congress and the media — are trying to divert attention away from the simple fact that they are responsible for our collapsed economy-- not public sector workers. 

At the same time, anti-worker forces continue to point their boney fingers at their usual targets trying to convince anyone who will listen that reducing the size of government and eliminating public services is the cure-all for all our fiscal problems and national debt.  Enough is enough.  We are not going to let them get away with it. As of today, AFSCME and CSEA announce our campaign to "Stop the Lies."

Our Stop the Lies campaign will let no attack against us, or the vital public services we provide, go unanswered. We will use every tool at our disposal: hard-hitting videos; rapid responses to attacks; advertising in national and local media; online actions targeting those who seek to harm us with their hypocrisy and lies; ground actions in state capitals across the country and more. And we will do it for as long as it takes to get our message to American families.

Of course, the most critical element of our campaign is YOU. AFSCME and CSEA members at all levels of our union must actively participate in our Stop the Lies campaign in order for us to really make a difference. Those who attack us may have big money, big egos and big mouths, but we have the power of our 1.6 million members.

The first thing you can do is watch our new video above and add your name to our Stop the Lies open letter.

Wall Street CEOs and their greed caused 15 million Americans to lose their jobs, and caused unprecedented state budgets shortfalls and services to get slashed everywhere. Public service workers are not the problem. Attacking public service workers won’t create jobs. It will not solve the problem of states trying to save vital public services that so many of us rely on.

And, with the election of so many anti-government politicians and friends of Wall Street about to take office, the lies are only going to get worse as the middle class crumbles before our very eyes.  Over the coming weeks and months we will be asking you to make calls, send letters, talk to your co-workers, tell us your stories, and more. Are you in?