By Doug Cunningham

AFL-CIO Organizing Director, Stewart Acuff says what working people really need to rise above these hard economic times is a restoration of real union collective bargaining rights. Acuff says people are hungry for fundamental economic change that truly restores opportunities to achieve the American Dream. Acuff says eroded union rights is a big reason that American workers are in this economic crisis.

[Acuff]: "And that is the real economic crisis facing the country today. That’s why the economy is so soft. That’s why we’re headed into a recession, and that’s why we have this huge inequality and this huge gap between the rich and the rest of us.
College is out of reach for many, many workin’ folks. Debt is increased. Wages are stagnant. Health care has become unaffordable for most people. And workers just don't have enough buying power. The country is anxious for change, but not just for change, for real fundamental change to begin to alter the dynamics of this economy and growing inequality."