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Song Guy Who Wrote "Hey, Paul Krugman" Takes on EFCA

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Efca, Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Music Video, Jonathan Mann, Chamber of Commerce, Service Employees International Union, Krugman Song, Hey Paul Krugman, Song Guy, Blue Dog Democrats, Seiu, Politics News

Firing someone for expressing an opinion should be branded "un-American" and identified as something you would expect from a dictatorial regime

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EFCA Ad War Heats Up: SEIU Responds To Chamber's Latest

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ads, Employee Free Choice Act, Chamber Attacks, Chamber of Commerce, Web Ads, Seiu, Ad Wars, Efca Battle, Video, Politics News

The SEIU has just put up a response advertisement to the Chamber of Commerce's own $1 million ad campaign, accusing the Chamber of using stale and fal...

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Is the Chamber of Commerce Using Bailout Money to Attack Workers?

Adam Green | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bailout, Wall Street, David Chavern, Sam Stein, Tom Donohue, Chamber of Commerce, Bruce Josten, Facebook, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Politics News

There's a natural question for taxpayers to ask: Is the Chamber of Commerce using bailout money to attack workers?

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As 'Secret Ballot' Myth Sputters, Chamber Launches New Anti-Union Attack Line

Art Levine | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Banks, Financial Crisis, Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Efca, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Politics News

It's still an open question if the business community will succeed in their drive to spread misinformation about arbitration with claims that the bill will take away the secret ballot.

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Unions, Civil Rights Groups Launch Ground War For Pro-Worker Bill Pundits Declared Dead

Art Levine | Posted 05.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Economic Recovery, Blanche Lincoln, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, African-Americans, Naacp, Employee Free Choice Act, Home News

While some Washington pundits have declared the Employee Free Choice Act essentially dead because Republican Senator Arlen Sp...

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Melissa Bean Helps Banks Gut Bill to Limit TARP Bonuses

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Goldman Sachs, Jim Himes, Adam Pase, Ellen Tauscher, Aig Bonuses, Timothy Geithner, New Democrat Coalition, Alan Grayson, Chamber of Commerce, Bank Lobbyists, Neal Cavuto, Melissa Bean, Melissa Bean AIG, Aig Bonus Tax Vote, Aig Bonus Tax, Bonus Outrage, Aig, Politics News

The New Democrats and the Blue Dogs made good on their threats to join with Republicans to block legislation that would limit the payment of TARP bonuses. Score one for the banks.

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Chamber Of Commerce Staffer Says He Planted Most of Wall Street Journal Story

Think Progress | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Chamber of Commerce, Union Efca, Efca-Legislation, Chamber of Commerce EFCA, Politics News

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal carried a front-page story warning that "[k]ey Senate Democrats are wavering in their support" of the Employee Free...

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SEIU, Chamber Of Commerce Dust Up Started With A Tweet

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Lobbying, Seiu, Chamber v Seiu, Tom Donohue, Seiu Rally, Andy Stern, Donohue Lobbying, Politics News

It started with a tweet. Though the SEIU and the Chamber of Commerce are the thorniest of political foes -- and their heated opposition on the Emplo...

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Schwarzenegger To Accept Environment Award In Germany

AP | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Germany, Chamber of Commerce, Green News

FRANKFURT — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's environmental efforts have caught the eye of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany...

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Capital Strike?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Rush Limbaugh, John Boehner, Employee Free Choice Act, Economic Crisis, Franklin Roosevelt, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, American Enterprise Institute, Hilda Solis, Bail Outs, National Association of Manufacturers, Ideological Hegemony, Talk Radio, Fox News, Drudge Report, Club for Growth, Chamber of Commerce, Nationalization of Banking Industry, Progressivism, Republican Party, Robert Kennedy, Bailout Bandits, Politics News

The day will come when Obama will have no choice but to remind the giant corporations through tough government action that the U.S. is not just another one of their wholly owned subsidiaries.

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Stimulus Includes Tax Cuts That Obama Economists Panned As Ineffective

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts in Stimulus, Corporate Tax Cuts, Stimulus Tax Breaks, Obama Stimulus, Barack Obama, Chamber of Commerce, Obama Corporate Tax Breaks, National Assocation of Manufacturers, President Obama, Obama's First 100 Days, US Chamber of Commerce, Stimulus Package, Politics News

At least $23.8 billion in corporate tax breaks have been included in the $825 billion economic recovery package in order to win backing from key busin...

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The GOP's "Tax Holiday" Myth

Mike Papantonio | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Wealthy, Tax Break, Corporate America, Tax Holiday, Taxes, Recession, Chamber of Commerce, Corporations, Economy, Politics News

Mainstream media did a poor job telling the story about how almost 70% of America's largest multinational corporations paid zero ...

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Playing Offense for the Employee Free Choice Act

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 12.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics News, Work, House, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, President Elect Barack Obama, Labor, Chamber of Commerce, Middle Class, Election Results, Senate, Barack Obama, President Elect Obama, Economy, Home News

This week, American Rights at Work launched a substantial nationwide television ad campaign. It emphasizes the fact that far too often, CEOs won't wil...

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NRSC Runs Anti-Franken Ad, Despite Coleman Pledge To Stay Positive

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Franken Ad, Nrsc Ad, Chamber of Commerce, Norm Coleman, Coleman Positive, Minnesota Senate Race, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Coleman Franken, Politics News

Just days after Norm Coleman took down his negative advertisements and pledged to run a 100 percent positive campaign, the Senator's allies are doing ...

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Wal-Mart and Cintas Campaign Against Pro-worker Legislation

Elana Levin | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor, Populism, Employee Free Choice Act, Income Inequality, Corporate America, Corporations, Chamber of Commerce, Organized Labor, Policy, Unions, Labor Unions, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Business News

Wal-Mart and Cintas are fighting to stop legislation which would help protect workers who want to unionize.

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Job Killers -- Or Just More Fear?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Corporations, Lobbyists, Budget, California, Economy, Regulation, Consumers, Chamber of Commerce, Recession, Business News

The California Chamber of Commerce has released its annual list of what it calls "job-killer bills." Why is it that the hit-list seems to only target Democrats?

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Paulson Says New Financial Rules Needed

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, U.S. Economy, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Bush Administration, Recession, Henry Paulson, Bear Stearns, Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Banks, Business News

WASHINGTON — If big Wall Street investment houses are allowed to run to the Federal Reserve for emergency lending, they must face stepped-up reg...

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