Tonight is President Obama’s last State of the Union before the election. Will he highlight all of his handouts to Big Labor over the last year?
What he should be addressing are his illegitimate and unconstitutional recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. More than likely he’ll either skim over it or not address it at all.
But, concerned citizens and advocates have an opportunity to talk directly to the White House and put pressure on them about this egregious violation of democracy. Here’s what you can do:
- Right after the SOTU, starting at 10pm ET, senior administration officials will be answering questions via Twitter. Hashtag your questions about workplace fairness and those recess appointments with #WHChat and #SOTU.
- The remainder of the week, Obama Administration officials are facilitating a wide range of LIVE tweet-ups using #WHChat to answer questions. Follow the conversation through @WHLive on Twitter.
- On Thursday, January 26th, at 4pm ET, Christine Koronides, Senior Advisor for Economic Policy, National Economic Council, will be answering questions about Small Business via Twitter
- Also on Thursday, January 26th at 4pm ET, Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council will discuss administration economic policy and at 5pm its Portia Wu, Senior Policy Advisor for Mobility & Opportunity Policy to discuss Job Opportunities
- And on Monday, January 30th: a LIVE State of the Union Interview with President Obama who will answer questions that have been submitted by Americans from across the country via YouTube. This event happens through Google+ Hangout. You can submit questions now through January 28th at youtube.com/whitehouse.
Let’s see if we can get Obama to address the recess appointments and spread the word about our petition. If you haven’t already, sign our petition to rescind the recess appointments TODAY!
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