Prexy Candidate John Edwards Stands Up for Comcast Workers

February 1, 2007, Oakland, California

In a letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards urged the head of the vigorously anti-union company to stay neutral during his workers' organizing drives.

"Protecting the right to organize in our democracy is important because it allows working men and women to help make decisions that affect their work lives," Edwards wrote.

The former North Carolina senator said he had learned that Will Goodo, who tried to organize a union through CWA at Comcast in Oakland, Calif., "was fired under questionable circumstances last year and that a religious coalition is seeking his reinstatement."

"I hope and expect that you will protect the right of workers to organize and that you will review the circumstances under which Mr. Goodo was fired," his letter concluded.