First it was The Guardian. Now an extensive – and altogether positive – story published on Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal is featuring the Freedom Foundation and its canvassing program.
Headlined, “Anti-Union Campaign Goes Door-to-Door,” the story recognizes the importance of our struggle and the uniqueness of our approach. Best of all, it addresses the national implications of the Freedom Foundation’s work.
Among its highlights:
- “… the Freedom Foundation has been at the vanguard of an emerging effort to undercut public-sector unions by depriving them of dues-paying members one at a time.”
- “The Freedom Foundation’s campaign appears to be the biggest effort of its kind.”
- “Precise union membership figures are difficult to tally, but Mr. McCabe says the number of unionized child-care workers has fallen by nearly 60% since he started the effort.”
It’s been a watershed month for the Freedom Foundation that started with a pair of court rulings clearing the way for our canvassing teams to finally inform tens of thousands of newly freed home health- and childcare providers that they no longer have to share their paychecks with SEIU or any other labor union. Within hours of getting the green light, the Freedom Foundation staff fanned out en masse across the region, visiting more than 1,000 homes in just one day and persuading dozens of caregivers to opt out.
And now the Wall Street Journal – the nation’s most respected newspaper – tells our story to the entire world.
