Below is the text of a message we sent out today. Please take a moment to write Senators Lugar and Bayh and tell them to listen to what Indiana needs:


It could be worse.
 
It's hard to imagine how things could be worse these days: between unemployment, the financial crisis, and the state of health care, it's no secret that Indiana is hurting.
 
But if you can believe it, there's a group that continues to fight ways to improve the lives of Hoosiers.  For years, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has done all it can to stop working people in Indiana from getting ahead.
 
Click here to write to Senators Lugar and Bayh and tell them to listen to the needs of working people, not the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
 
What would Indiana look like if the U.S. Chamber got its way through the years?  The picture isn't pretty.

• U.S. Chamber opposed the minimum wage hike in 2007.  About $148 million would be generated for 354,000 Hoosiers resulting from the 2007 schedule for minimum wage increases, research shows.  The U.S. Chamber says they have "consistently opposed increasing the federal minimum wage."

• U.S. Chamber opposed a bill to expand health care coverage for children.  66,200 Hoosier children would gain from the 2009 health care initiatives, studies indicate.  The U.S. Chamber opposed a bill to expand health care coverage for millions of uninsured children, including 131,000 in Indiana alone.

• U.S. Chamber consistently defends outsourcing jobs.  165,600 Indiana jobs were lost to outsourcing in 2007 alone.  The U.S. Chamber says that there are "legitimate values in outsourcing" and that Americans are "short of skills."

The U.S. Chamber's been on the wrong side of so many issues important to Hoosier families.  But that's just the beginning.

Just like they're going all out to stop health care reform, the U.S. Chamber is doing anything it can to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act - yesterday their lead lobbyist warned of "Armageddon on Capitol Hill."

Click here to write to Senators Lugar and Bayh and tell them to listen to working people, not the greedy CEOs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Why should Senators Lugar and Bayh listen to the same people who've tried to consistently hurt Hoosier families?

We need to make sure our senators know that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce doesn't have the best interests of our state in mind: just those of the same greedy CEOs that hurt our economy in the first place.

Click here to send a message to our senators now.
 
Thanks for writing to Senators Lugar and Bayh.  Your voice can make the difference.
 
In solidarity,
 
Tim Thomas
Indiana Change that Works
www.changethatworks.net/indiana
 

Read the entire US Chamber report here: