Below is the text of a message we sent out today. Please take a moment to write both Senator Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad to urge them to continue listening to us here in North Dakota:

It's hard to imagine how things could be worse these days: between unemployment, the financial crisis, and the state of healthcare, it's no secret that North Dakota is hurting.

But if you can believe it, there's a group that continues to fight ways to improve the lives of North Dakotans.  For years, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has done all it can to stop working people in North Dakota from getting ahead.

Click here to write to Senator Conrad and Senator Dorgan and tell them to continue listening to the needs of working people, not the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

What would North Dakota look like if the U.S. Chamber got its way through the years?  The picture isn't pretty.

• The U.S. Chamber opposed the minimum wage hike in 2007.  About $20 million would be generated for 48,000 North Dakotans 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."
• The U.S. Chamber opposed a bill to expand healthcare coverage for children.  5,460 North Dakotan children would gain from the 2009 healthcare initiatives, studies indicate.  The U.S. Chamber opposed a bill to expand
  healthcare coverage for millions of uninsured children.
• The U.S. Chamber consistently defends outsourcing jobs.  4,300 North Dakota 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 North Dakota's families.  But that's just the beginning.

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

Click here to write to Senator Conrad and Senator Dorgan and tell them to continue listening to working people, not the greedy CEOs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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 now.

Thanks for writing to Senator Conrad and Senator Dorgan.  Your voice can make the difference.

In solidarity,

Ryan Nagle
North Dakota Change that Works
www.changethatworks.net/ND