Change to Win, the coalition of unions that left the AFL-CIO because it was tired of focusing on politics, is running full-page ads in select newspapers criticizing the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decisions. Legal times reports:

Timed in advance of Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing hearings on NLRB matters next week, the campaign is limited to print ads in major markets and internet advertising. It's not a major buy, described by Change to Win spokeswoman Noreen Nielson as limited to five-figures. The goal, she says, is to test the water in advance of future NLRB efforts.

The ad is none too subtle:

In a story that is all too familiar, George W. Bush has packed the NLRB with his corporate cronies — with tragic results. In September, the Bush Board rushed to pass several decisions that blatantly stack the deck against workers and in favor of corporations. They’ve made it nearly impossible for workers to exercise the rights guaranteed by the

NLRA, while reversing decades of set labor laws and easing the way for companies to discriminate against and fire workers. Instead of protecting workers, the Bush NLRB is allowing corporate abuse as bad as the club-wielding thugs of the past. The assault on worker rights is an assault on the American Dream.

Join us in condemning the Bush Labor Board. Demand that it protect workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively. Learn more and sign the petition: www.changetowin.org/nlrb

The aforementioned hearing, originally scheduled for November 15, is now set to be held on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. Witnesses have not yet been announced.