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The Minimum Wage and the Coup in Honduras

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Labor, Minimum Wage, Employee Free Choice Act, Manuel Zelaya, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Haiti, Honduras, Obama Administration, World News

By its failure to help restore Honduran President Zelaya, the Obama Administration is helping to drive down the minimum wage in Honduras, Haiti, and throughout the world.

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Crisis and Opportunity

Stewart Acuff | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Labor Movement, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Politics News

We can take advantage of the opportunities we have--a President and Congress which share progressive values -- or we can sit back and squander the moment.

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Specter: My Record On EFCA Is Consistent

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Specter, Gop, Labor, Arlen Specter, Labor Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, 2010 Elections, Efca, Sestak, Specter Employee Free Choice Act, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News

In a letter to the editor published in The Philadelphia Inquirer on Wednesday, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) said his views on the Employee Free Choice A...

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Workers' Rights Are Civil Rights

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Pension, Minimum Wage, Rich Trumka, Wal-Mart, Wall Street, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Little Rock, Afl-Cio, Central High School, Rev. Wendell Griffin, Wall Street Bonus, Business News

This week the minimum wage rose by 70 cents to $7.25 an hour, a beggar's lot really, but still corporations across America decried it.

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SEIU Talks Peace -- But Continues War -- on UNITE HERE

Randy Shaw | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change to Win, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, John Wilhelm, Seiu, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Andy Stern, Politics News

Stern's optimism runs counter to the facts. No date for negotiations with UNITE HERE has been set and Stern has not publicly renounced his demand for binding arbitration.

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Wake-Up Call For GOP's "Values" Hypocrites: Unions Are Pro-Family, Report Finds

Art Levine | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, The Family, Ensign, Employee Free Choice Act, Pickering, Afl-Cio, Sanford, In These Times, Unions, Seiu, Politics News

GOP officials have emphasized fighting gay marriage, supporting prayer in schools, and banning abortion as the keys to promoting family values.

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The Church and the Employee Free Choice Act

Stewart Acuff | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stewart Acuff, Efca, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Pope Benedict XVI, The Pope, Politics News

I'm neither a Roman Catholic scholar nor a Biblical scholar, but I can read, and the Pope's language is crisp and clear: restrain the greed of the markets; protect workers; pass the EFCA.

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Unions Take A Hit With Employee Free Choice Act Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unions Card Check, Employee Free Choice Act, Afl-Cio Leaks, Majority Sign Up, Efca Union Community, Card Check, New York Times, Unions, Efca Unions, Politics News

Moderate Democrats have forced a key compromise to the Employee Free Choice Act, which removes one of the labor community's most cherished provisions ...

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Card Check Cut From Employee Free Choice Act By Democrats

New York Times | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Specter, Arlen Specter, Card Check Dropped, Specter Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Efca Card Check Dropped, Arlen Specter Efca, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News

A half-dozen senators friendly to labor have decided to drop a central provision of a bill that would have made it easier to organize workers. The ...

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United Steelworkers and AFLCIO Lead Historic Arkansas March for Employee Free Choice Act

Stewart Acuff | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stewart Acuff, Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Workers Rights, Catholic Central High School, Politics News

Civil rights and community leaders, local elected officials and union activists held the largest ever demonstration in Arkansas to demand that Sen. Lincoln support the Employee Free Choice Act.

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AIG Shows Why We Need the Employee Free Choice Act

Mike Elk | Posted 08.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Uaw, Employee Free Choice Act, Bailout, Wall Street, Calpers, Aig Bonuses, AIG Bailout, Pension-Funds, Business News

Unions, representing the combined interests of everyday Americans, can be a valuable instrument in fighting for the interests of all, not just those at the top.

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EFCA Opponent Runs Ad Suggesting Unions Gag Employees With Duct Tape

The Plum Line | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blanche Lincoln, Rick Berman, Employee Free Choice Act, Mark Pryor, Efca, Service Employees International Union, Unions, Labor Unions, Seiu, Politics News

A top union is demanding that an Arkansas TV station yank a new ad being run by the "Dr. Evil" of pro-business lobbyists that depicts workers as mobbe...

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How Progressives Can Deliver on the Promise of Change in 2009 -- Seven Rules for Success

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, Speaker Pelosi, Regulatory Reform, The Progressive Revolution, Breaking News, Energy Independence, Health Care Reform, Progressive Movement, No Ordinary Time, Majority Leader Reid, Progressive Agenda, Stand Up Straight How Progressives Can Win, Politics News

The critical battles being fought in 2009 are not about "policies" -- they are about the distribution of wealth and power.

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Franken Signs On As EFCA Co-Sponsor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Franken Vote, Efca Democrats, Al Franken, Franken Afl-Cio, Franken Efca, Politics News

Hours after he was seated, Sen. Al Franken, D-MN, let it be known that he would be sign on as a co-sponsor to the Employee Free Choice Act, the labor-...

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Civil Rights Leaders Unite With Labor and Faith Leaders for Huge, Historic March and Rally July 11 to Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Stewart Acuff | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Politics News

The Employee Free Choice Act, expected to move in the US Senate soon with the seating of new Minnesota Senator Al Franken, will restore workers freedom to form unions and bargain collectively.

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Victory at Smithfields: An Independence Day Symbol

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Justice, Ufcw, Unions, Smithfield-Foods, Working Life, Employee Free Choice Act, Independence Day, Fourth of July, Business News

When I think about what these workers went through -- the struggle, the fight, the commitment that held them together over so many dark days -- this is the America that inspires me.

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The Best of Times and the Worst of Times

Stewart Acuff | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Charles Dickens, Republicans, Politics News

We now measure economic progress not by whether unemployment is going down or up -- it's always going down -- but whether we lost more or fewer jobs than we lost the month before.

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RNC's Michael Steele Becomes Union Man

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, John McCain, Kate Bronfenbrenner, President Obama, Secret Ballot, Rush Limbaugh, Cornell University, Employee Free Choice Act, Usw, Congress, United Steelworkers, Civil Unions, Facebook, Republican, General Motors, Conservatives, Moderates, Socialism, Politics News

Steele can perch that white hard hat atop his head, but he's going to have to labor at learning some hard philosophical lessons before becoming a real steelworker, a true union man.

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Chamber of Commerce, Unionbuster vs. Pope, Catholic Bishops on Union Rights

Art Levine | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Chamber of Commerce, Employee Free Choice Act, Catholic Bishops, Seiu, Afl-Cio, Pope, Business News

The union movement enlisted a powerful ally in its drive for workers' rights: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, following the guidance of, yes, the Pope.

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July 11th: Giant Employee Free Choice Act Events Across Arkansas

Stewart Acuff | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Never before in Arkansas history, have two of the most important national labor leaders led such a high profile march and rally in Little Rock.

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CNBC Fail: Iran elections = Employee Free Choice Act?

Michael Whitney | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Jim Cramber, Fail, Employee Free Choice Act, Iran Election, Cnbc, Card Check, Efca, Iran, Iran Elections, Erin Burnett, Journalism, Business News

Yesterday, CNBC reporters made a ridiculous, irresponsible statement. They compared the aftermath of Iran's recent election to what would happen under the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Why Does Chamber of Commerce Favor Arbitration for Workplace Rape Victims, But Oppose It for Union Workers?

Art Levine | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Unions, Jamie Lee Jones, Employee Free Choice Act, Npr, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Rape, Arbitration, Seiu, Business News

What's especially galling is how fervently businesses embrace arbitration when it allows them to avoid being held accountable for negligence towards employees or the defrauding of consumers.

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CNBC's Erin Burnett Compares EFCA to Ahmadinejad

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Iran, Video, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Jim Cramer, Erin Burnett, Iran Elections, Unions, Politics News

Burnett compared the lack of a "secret ballot" in Iran to the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow unions to form via signed cards. Yes, on CNBC, "card check" equals creeping Ahmadinejadism.

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Holocaust Museum Shooting Demostrates Need for Employee Free Choice

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Security Guards, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Business News

Security guards at the Holocaust Museum had tried to get protective vests from the company that employs them. The company didn't want to bother with this "cost." Now a guard is dead.

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Labor Takes New EFCA Tact: Targets Business On Arbitration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Ad, Business Arbitration, Arbitration, Politics News

Scroll down to see the ad In what is a tactical shift in the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, the labor community is going after business, c...

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