Even as the Employee Free Choice Act was being introduced yesterday, the unions were still going at it like Kilkenny cats. From Roll Call:

A leading union for hotel and restaurant workers on Tuesday accused the Service Employers International Union of trying to steal its members by using a negative direct-mail campaign to sow discontent within its ranks. In a mass e-mail sent to organized labor leaders, UNITE HERE Political Director Tom Snyder accused SEIU President Andy Stern of attempting to sabotage his group “in order to absorb the splinter group and organize in the hotel, gaming and food service industries.”

“SEIU officers ... have attended membership meetings and encouraged our members to secede from UNITE HERE,” Snyder wrote in his e-mail, which was obtained by Roll Call...SEIU spokeswoman Michelle Ringuette denied that her group had anything to do with mailings, claiming instead that the responsibility lies with a dissident faction within UNITE HERE, which has been wracked by internal turmoil over the past few months.

Sabotage, "splinter group", secede, dissident faction...they get all of the plot words, oh well. While business was short on melodrama, we were long on unity yesterday during our first Airlift against card check. I just put up a few quick videos shot on a Flip camera by our team, some longer ones to follow.  Below Thomas Baldrige from the Lancaster Chamber has a simple message - keep up the pressure.