Take action: Tell the Wall Street bosses that unionbusting doesn't pay

Not all Wall Street types are the embodiment of heartless greed. I've known many who were actually quite nice.

On the other hand, it will likely come as no surprise that some of them really do seem to care more about profits than people. Like the folks at a big Wall Street Firm called Lazard, who are currently engaged in unionbusting. They are threatening, intimidating, and even firing employees of the Lazard-owned Atria Senior Living facility for trying to organize a union.

It's not only mean and heartless, it's in violation of international human rights standards.

Those of you who read my stuff on a regular basis probably already know that Article 23 (4) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees that "Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests."

Unions protect workers from corporate tyranny.

But the rich guys at Lazard apparently don't care about that.

What are they afraid of? (That's not just a rhetorical question.)

In any case, below is a call to action from the group American Rights at Work. Please read this sad story and then click one of the links below to tell the Wall Steet execs at Atria and Lazard to stop unionbusting and play fair.

Radika Munna didn't have much to show for 10 years of work caring for elderly residents at Atria Senior Living. She had a basement apartment, earned about $300 a week, and had no health insurance. But after Radika tried to change her future by organizing to form a union, she finally did get something: a pink slip on Thanksgiving.

Workers at Atria barely make ends meet, yet the highly successful senior living chain is owned by a big Wall Street firm called Lazard that has the means to support them. It's time to give these Wall Street execs an earful!

Tell the Wall Steet execs at Atria and Lazard to stop unionbusting and play fair.

For more than a year, Radika and her co-workers have tried to get a voice on the job. Atria employees deserve a living wage, affordable healthcare, and the training and support they need to do their jobs well. But instead of partnering with their staff to improve the quality of resident care, Atria's Wall Street execs chose to fight.

According to government accusations, Atria supervisors have threatened, harassed, and intimidated pro-union workers. And now Atria has hired one of the top unionbusting law firms in the country, Jackson Lewis, to help them do all they can to avoid the workers' union.

Atria's employees feed, bathe and provide all kinds of care for thousands of seniors every day. We trust them to take care of and protect our loved ones, and yet these workers aren't taken care of by Atria and their Wall Street execs.

Let's fight back for Radika and her co-workers. Click here to email the Wall Street execs.

Thank you for standing up for workers everywhere.