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Labor Wins Big Concession From Wall Street Journal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

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Labor officials are very excited about a Wall Street Journal editorial published Friday morning that, while highly unfavorable to the Employee Free Ch...

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The Secret War Against American Workers

Robert S. Eshelman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Employee Free Choice Act, Recession Fears, Efca, Unemployment Benefits, Philadelphia, Recession, Wal-Mart, Business News

If a deepening recession threatens businesses, some of those businesses are also making convenient use of the times to do things they might have wanted to do, but were unable to do in better conditions.

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Freshman Democrats Not Scared Of EFCA

Politico | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) represents a conservative-minded district where organized labor doesn't have a noticeable footprint. She's ranked among th...

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Anti-EFCA Dem Linked To Dead Worker In New Union TV Ad

The Plum Line | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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This is some rough stuff. The SEIU has just launched a hard-hitting Web video that ties Blue Dog Democrat Dan Boren to the horrific death of a worker ...

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Employee Free Choice Poll Gives Labor Backers Big Boost

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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Proponents of the Employee Free Choice Act received a big boost Tuesday morning with the publication of an independent poll showing majority support b...

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Blue Dog Democrats and Republican Triangulation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

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We must not allow the Blue Dogs to slow down President Obama's momentum or water down the sweeping reforms the nation needs in these trying economic times.

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Blue Dogs and Citigroup Fight the Employee Free Choice Act

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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Even the "Blue Dog" Democrats should be alarmed about bailed out banks taking billions in taxpayer funds only to lobby against this era's Wagner Act.

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Fox Gives False "Facts" On Employee Free Choice Act

Media Matters | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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Fox News has run on-screen text, often billed as "Fox Facts," falsely claiming that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would "kill workplace secret b...

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

Think Progress | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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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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EFCA's Opponents Received Millions Upon Millions From Business PACs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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Opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act are actively pushing a new non-partisan study showing that the lead sponsor of the legislation, Senator Tom ...

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How Labor Can Get 60 Votes On EFCA Without Getting 60 Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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The labor movement's mostly unspoken tactic to pass the Employee Free Choice Act -- its legislation of generational importance -- seeped out into publ...

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Five Things to Know about the Employee Free Choice Act

Andy Stern | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Corporate interests are bent on lying about EFCA -- they'd have you believe that the bill means the end of the secret ballot, when it simply gives employees the choice to join unions -- not the employers.

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Employee Free Choice Act: Key Senators Express Reservations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in Congress on Tuesday, marking the official launch of what promises to be a fierce legislative battle. L...

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Employee Free Choice Act: All You Need To Know

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Check back here for updates on the Employee Free Choice Act. The Employee Free Choice Act, sometimes called "card check," is legislation aimed at st...

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Dems Introducing Card Check Legislation Tuesday

Politico | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Tomorrow, Democrats in both houses of Congress plan to introduce a union-organizing bill that is labor's top priority for the year, Democratic officia...

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Union Bill Creates Jobs -- For GOP Operatives

Politico | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Danny Diaz's morning e-mails are back. Diaz, until last month the relentless communications director for the Republican National Committee and reliab...

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McCaskill: I'm Not Sure We Have Votes On Employee Free Choice Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Claire McCaskill said Sunday she was unsure whether she and her fellow Democrats had the votes needed to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, durin...

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EFCA Battle Begins: Senate Hearing Set For Tuesday

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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The Senate health committee is set to host the first hearings of the legislative session on the Employee Free Choice Act this Tuesday, a union officia...

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Union Official: Don't Assume Specter Is The Only Republican We Have On EFCA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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News that Sen. Arlen Specter will face a primary challenge for the 2010 Senate race has prompted a bit of concern among those hoping that he would ser...

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Biden Endorses Employee Free Choice Act In Miami Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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Like Barack Obama before him, Vice President Joe Biden offered a one-line endorsement of the Employee Free Choice Act on Thursday in a speech at the b...

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Gingrich Joins Big Business "Horror Movie" Attacks vs. Workers' Call for Union Rights (Video)

Art Levine | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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Despite all the scare-mongering, union strategists are growing increasingly confident that they'll be able to hold on to the few past supporters of the legislation.

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The Big Lie about the Employee Free Choice Act

Gerald McEntee | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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America's top CEOs have declared their top legislative priority for 2009 -- to scuttle the bipartisan legislation that would restore workers' freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.

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Obama's Next Gauntlet: Reviving the Middle Class

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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The campaign on EFCA will be fierce. Gaining 60 votes won't be easy. The business community will go all out, claiming that strong unions will ruin America, trample workers' freedoms, drive jobs abroad. But we've tried an economy with weak unions -- and that didn't work out so well. Obama is right to tee this up early even as he struggles to get the economy moving, to get the financial system reorganized, to move on health care and new energy. This is a fight that citizens across the country should join. It will be a critical building block of the new economy that we must construct from the ashes of the old.

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"We're 100 Percent Confident" EFCA Will Pass: Union Official

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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Pushing back against reports of concern over the Employee Free Choice Act's passage, union officials insisted on Monday and Tuesday that they have eno...

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Worry Grows Over Dem Defections On EFCA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Officials tasked with helping push the Employee Free Choice Act through Congress are growing concerned about the possible defection of Senate Democrat...

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