Newspaper stories on attack ads
Ads attacking public employee union members
for opposing CI-97 have generated considerable press coverage
in Montana and even nationally. Read on.
Ads outrage
public workers Montana Standard 8/26/06
A Washington, D.C., group’s anti-union advertisements
have outraged Butte public employees and labor representatives.
Anti-union ads a
push for spending cap initiatives? NewWest.net, 8-27-06
Annie Cathey is 37 years old and has worked for the Motor
Vehicles Department in Missoula for seven years. She makes
$12.22 an hour. “It’s a slap in the face, “
she says of the anti-union ads that were launched this week
in Montana. “I live paycheck-to-paycheck, like most Montanans.”
Anti-union ad
disgusting Helena IR 8/27/06
(Letter to the editor) All Citizens of Helena, whether served
by a union or not, should be appalled by such filth as is
in these advertisements.
Enough state worker
bashing Helena IR editorial 8/24/06
Yeah, it's just a coincidence that a group sponsoring ads
that accuse state employees of giving poor service and being
overpaid just happens to be targeting Montana and three other
states that have spending-cap measures either pending or already
on the ballot. Sure it is.
In wake of anti-union
ads Montana Standard - 8/23/2006 Montana’s attorney
general defended state employees Tuesday in the wake of an
anti-union advertising campaign, and a pro-union group challenged
claims that the ads are unrelated to upcoming ballot measures
in several states.
Anti-union group
bashes public workers in ads IR State Bureau 8/22/2006
A national anti-union group has launched media advertisements
in Montana charging that "union chiefs have greased the
system" so public employee union members get higher salaries
and better benefits than taxpayers. The advertising blitz
has angered public employee union leaders and members.
Ads
attack unions representing public employees National
Associated Press 8/21/2006
A new anti-union advertising campaign in Montana takes aim
at the pay and benefits of public employees.
Got
a nasty fight?
Here's your man USA Today 7/31/06
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