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The Colbert Report takes on the NLRB |
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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The Colbert Report, Comedy Central's latest news show starring Stephen Colbert, took on the NLRB recently, and it's refusal to hear from organized labor in the Kentucky River cases.
Eddie Acosta on the AFL-CIO Voice@Work staff reports Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central dedicated his “The Word” segment to a satirical look at the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) pending Kentucky River decisions that could mean up to 8 million workers no longer will have the federally protected right to form a union. Union members and allies took part in a national week of action last week to urge the NLRB to protect workers’ freedom to form a union. Describing the Comedy Central segment, Acosta says: In his ironic, sharp, witty way, he tore a hole into the NLRB’s pending attack on U.S. workers. At one point, he had an article from one of our actions as background.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 31 July 2007 )
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