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Sam Stein

Gingrich On EFCA: "Mortal Threat To American Freedom"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Conservative Political Action Conference, Gingrich Cpac, Gingrich Card Check, Efca, Gringrich Employee Free Chioce Act, Gingrich Labor, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

How serious and committed are conservatives to the defeat of the Employee Free Choice Act? This committed: "This bill is a mortal threat to American f...

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Jason Linkins

Newt Gingrich: Fight Against Unions, Win A Free Wii

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Cpac, Employee Free Choice Act, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

Good news, paupers! Thanks to Newt Gingrich and CPAC, at least one lucky child is going to get his hands on a brand new video game system, no bootstr...

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Burger King Backs off Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act

Michael Whitney | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Bailout, Employee Free Choice Act, Burger King, Card Check, Economy, Efca, Politics News
Michael Whitney

This week, under pressure from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) activists, Burger King scrambled to respond to allegations that it lobbied against the Employee Free Choice Act, while paying its workers poverty wages.

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Sam Stein

Labor To Open Fire Over Solis Confirmation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Employee Free Choice Act, Hilda Solis, Labor Department, Afl-Cio, Efca, Labor Secretary, Obama Solis, Solis Afl-Cio, Solis Labor, Politics News

The country's largest labor and Hispanic groups are ratcheting up the confirmation fight over Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis, preparing a full-ou...

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Sam Stein

Good Gov't Groups: Are Corporations Using Bailout Money To Fund Political Campaigns?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marcus Call, Bailout Recipients Hosted Call to Defeat Key Labor Bill, Employee Free Chioce Act, Employee Free Choice Act, Rick Berman, Key Labor Bill, Bank of America, Letter Congress, Marcus Berman Call, Conference Call, Employee Free Choice Act Call, Efca, Employee Free Choice Act Fight, Bernie Marcus, Bank of America Bailout, Good Government Groups, Berman Call, Politics News

Reform groups are blasting letters to congressional committee chairs and the head of the Congressional Oversight Panel, urging an investigation into w...

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Sam Stein

Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marcus Call, Employee Free Choice Act, Conference Call, Rick Berman, Bank of America, Efca, Audio Employee Free Chioce Act, Key Labor Bill, Employee Free Choice Act Fight, Employee Free Choice Act Call, Marcus Berman Call, Bailout Recipients Hosted Call to Defeat Key Labor Bill, Bailout Bandits, Berman Call, Anti-Union, Bank of America Bailout, Bernie Marcus, Oregon, Politics News

Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and busine...

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SEIU To Call For Firing Of Bank Of America CEO

The Plum Line | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Seiu Bank of America, Employee Free Choice Act, Bank of America, Bank of America Ceo, Ken Lewis, Seiu, Efca, Ken Lewis Firing, Politics News

The labor powerhouse Service Employees International Union will become the first union to call on Bank of America to fire embattled CEO Ken Lewis late...

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Sam Stein

Concern In Labor Community That Obama Won't Act On EFCA Soon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Employee Free Choice Act, Efca, Obama Administration, Obama, Labor Concerns, Labor Lament, Obama Labor Community, Obama Labor, Politics News

There is a bubbling concern among officials in the labor community that Barack Obama will not act on their most cherished legislative item within the ...

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Ryan Grim

Big Labor Launches Multimillion Dollar EFCA Ad Campaign (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act Ads, Obama Big Labor, Obama Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Efca Ads, Labor Efca, Efca, Politics News

Big Labor will launch a multimillion dollar national ad campaign Thursday to push for the Employee Free Choice Act. Known as "card check," the bill ha...

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High Priced Republican Party Propaganda Campaign Seeks To Undermine Workers' Free Choice

Howie Klein | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Eric Massa, Union-Busting, Alan Grayson, Blue America, Tom Geoghegan, 100 Days, Oregon, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Howie Klein

Big Business interests-- the greed and selfishness wing of the Republican coalition-- has been panic-stricken since then, putting all their energy and resources into stopping the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO Advances Employee Free Choice Battle With New Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unionize, Efca Poll, Union Poll, Labor Poll, Employee Free Chioce Act, Labor Obama, Afl Cio, Efca, Employee Free Choice Act Poll, Unions Labor, Obama Labor, Politics News

The AFL-CIO, one of the country's most powerful unions, has commissioned a new poll on the Employee Free Choice Act showing that their messaging on th...

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Wal-Mart Gets a Makeover So It Can Fight Economic Recovery

Michael Whitney | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Work, Economy, Jobs, Labor Unions, Wal-Mart, Business News
Michael Whitney

What prompted the usually greedy Grinch to give more than half a billion dollars to its employees? It must've been a passing wind of Christmas Cheer, right? No.

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Right-Wing Ad Ties Union Campaign To Blagojevich

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blagojevich Unions, Blagojevich Corruption, Rod Blagojevich Unions, Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Efca, Employee Free Choice Ac, Blagojevich Scandal, Rod Blagojevich Scandal, Politics News

Kicking off what promises to be a huge fight over labor's top legislative priority, a pro-business group is sinking over a million dollars into a TV a...

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Boycott McDonald's: Every Big Mac Eaten Attacks Workers

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Boycott, Efca, McDonald's, Human Rights, Unions, Working Life, Labor Rights, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

On the eve of the international recognition Human Rights Day, McDonald's announced it will launch a massive campaign to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act So, let's respond in kind: boycott McDonald's.

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Wal-Mart's Failure to Protect Its Workers: An Unfortunate Symbol

David Nassar | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Efca, Walmart, Walmart Unions, Wal-Mart, Employee Free Choice Act, Black Friday, Jdmiytai Damour, New York, Seiu, Ufcw, Politics News
David Nassar

When ten employees of the Wal-Mart meat department in a TX store elected UFCW as their union, Wal-Mart immediately scrapped their entire network of in-store butcher departments nationwide.

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Sam Stein

Obama Team Restates Strong Support For Union Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Rahm Emanuel, Employee Free Choice Act, Obama, Wall Street Journal, Labor Lament, Obama Labor Measure, Obama Labor, President Obama, Efca, Politics News

An aide to Barack Obama reaffirmed the President-elect's support for the labor movement's chief legislative priority in a one-word statement issued to...

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About EFCA (But Were Afraid To Ask)

ZP Heller | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Obama Transition, Barbara Ehrenreich, Employee Free Choice Act, Barack Obama, Howie Klein, Seiu, Michael Whitney, Jim Boehner, Labor Rights, Lee Scott, Employee Rights, Bernie Marcus, Unions, Labor Unions, Wal-Mart, Business News
ZP Heller

We're so close to passing the Employee Free Choice Act that we must dispel the last-minute attempts by anti-labor politicians to quash our efforts of standing up for working people.

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Home Depot Founder: Retailers Who Don't Support GOP "Should Be Shot"

The Oxdown Gazette | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Home Depot, Home Depot Founder, Norm Coleman, Bernie Marcus Norm Coleman, Efca, Bernie Marcus, Politics News

This is what Home Depot's founder Bernie Marcus said on a conference call yesterday: "If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not ...

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What Is Wal-Mart So Afraid Of? Four Words: Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Walmart, Civil Liberties, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Baratunde Thurston, Seiu, Meet the Bloggers, Cenk Uygur, Pensions, American Rights at Work, Robert Greenwald, Recession, Working Class, Brave New Foundation, Efca, Jack and Jill Politics, Michael Whitney, Ceos, Andy Stern, Class,War, Unions, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The Employee Free Choice Act is a vital piece of legislation that, if passed, will go a long way toward restoring the middle class in our country.

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Tell the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart for Electioneering

ZP Heller | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Walmart, Lee Scott, Unions, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Fec, Wal-Mart Electioneering, Politics News
ZP Heller

If Wal-Mart broke the law by threatening and scaring employees about which candidates to vote for this November, compel the FEC to hold the company accountable.

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