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Employee Free Choice Act

Sam Stein

Union Targets Democrats With Significant Online EFCA Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Pryor, Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, David Vitter, Labor Union Efca, Union Democrats, Jim Webb, Democrats Seiu, Blanche Lincoln, Union, Politics News

One of the nation's largest unions is making a significant ad purchase targeting four Democrats and one Republican Senator on the Employee Free Choice...

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Weekly Audit: Ending the Economic Status Quo Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Payday Loans, Finance Lobby, Newsladder, Consumer Credit Products, Banking Lobby, Banking Industry, Economy NewsLadder, Predatory Lending Laws, Subprime Mortgages, Tax Cuts, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Interest Rates, Chris Dodd, Consumer Protection, Stimulus Package, Unions, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, TMC MediaWire Blogger The banking lobby still holds enough sway inside the Beltway to torpedo sensible consumer protection rules, ev...

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Broadening the Campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act

Stewart Acuff | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arkansas, Blanche Lincoln, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Union Organizing, Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Union, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

The campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act continues to broaden.

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Radio Hosts Pull Chicago Labor Unions Together For "Salute To Labor"

Scott Foval | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ed Schultz, Employee Free Choice Act, Organized Labor, Chicago's Progressive Talk Radio, Operating Engineers Union Hall, Pat Quinn, Dick Kay, Chicago Unions, Illinois Budget, The Ed Show, Chicago News
Scott Foval

On the 65th Anniversary of D-Day, a local progressive radio host and nationalpProgressive media star teamed together to fight for the American worker.

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Grassroots Labor Pressure on Specter: "He Knows When There's a Fire Under His Ass"

Art Levine | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Afl-Cio, Joe Sestak, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Alren Specter Supporting EFCA, Arlen Specter Efca, Politics News
Art Levine

Unflagging grassroots lobbying pressure on the newly-converted Democratic Senator Arlen Specter has led him to promise union activists he'd support a compromise version of the EFCA.

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GM Bankruptcy Hurts People of Color Hardest. Workers Desperately Need EFCA.

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, GM Bankruptcy, Economy, United Auto Workers, Efca, Collateral Damage, Race, Labor Unions, Recession, Racial Politics, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, General Motors, General Motors Bankruptcy, People of Color, Detroit, Foreclosure, Racial Disparities, Auto Industry, Unions, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Seth Freed Wessler

In the economy we've inherited from the last three decades of deregulation and declining union density, people of color are increasingly relegated to low-wage, precarious work that pays too little to support a family.

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Jason Linkins

NYT's Sorkin Forced To Admit Successful Unionized Companies Exist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Joe Scarborough, Video, Employee Free Choice Act, Jack Welch, Jon Stewart, Morning Joe, Andrew Ross Sorkin, The Daily Show, Unions, Media News

On yesterday's Morning Joe, the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin started a wee bit of a kerfuffle when he followed up a Jim Cramer "card-check-will-...

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While Morning Joe Crew Says All Unionized Business Fail, 1,000 Execs Endorse Pro-Union Bill

Art Levine | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Andy Stern, Afl-Cio, Joe Scarborough, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Morning Joe, Seiu, Media News
Art Levine

Andrew Ross Sorkin and his allies on the Morning Joe show came in for a thorough thrashing from union leaders and progressive bloggers yesterday for their ignorance.

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Sam Stein

Feinstein Denies Report That She's Fully Opposed To EFCA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Diane Feintstein, Business, Employee Free Choice Act, Chamber of Commerce, Labor Feinstein, Feinstein Efca, Politics News

Senator Diane Feinstein's office is denying reports that the California Democrat is firmly and completely opposed to the union-backed Employee Free Ch...

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As Chamber Lobbies, Its Paid Expert Says: No Unions, No Minimum Wage Law Needed

Art Levine | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Afl-Cio, Blanche Lincoln, Chamber of Commerce, Employee Free Choice Act, Transparency, Politics News
Art Levine

This week, the Chamber of Commerce launches its most forceful lobbying effort yet to kill the Employee Free Choice Act and to end talk of compromise on Capitol Hill.

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It Stinks to High Heaven

Javier Sierra | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Smithfield, Employee Free Choice Act, Swine Flu, Factory Farms, Mexico, Hispanics, Hispanics and the Environment, Sierra Club, Latinos and the Environment, Cafos, Nafta, Environment, Veracruz, H1n1, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Javier Sierra

The Mexican meat industry generates 130 million tons of fecal and urine matter each year, which often ends up in rivers and on coasts causing terrible environmental damage.

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New Tactics Emerge in Campaign to Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Stewart Acuff | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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

Unlike almost all recent legislative fights, the AFL-CIO has greatly relied on real, very close to the ground grassroots and rank-and-file activity to generate personal communication with policy makers -- phone calls, handwritten letters, face-to-face meetings.

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Romney, Chamber PR Blitz Ignores New Study Showing Unions Don't Coerce Workers

Art Levine | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney, Arlen Specter, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Art Levine

Those veteran champions of workers' rights, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and the Chamber of Commerce, unleashed new attacks this week on the Employee Free Choice Act.

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4 AM: 24-Hour Vigil in Little Rock

Stewart Acuff | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arkansas, Little Rock, Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

We are holding a 24 hour vigil for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act during this Memorial Day congressional recess.

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Labor, House Dems Stall Panama Trade Deal

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Panama-Trade-Agreement, International Monetary Fund, Employee Free Choice Act, Louise Slaughter, Congress, Obama Administration, Chamber of Commerce, Panama, Latvia, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

if the Wall Street boys thought they were just going to run the table on international economic policy in this administration, they had another thing coming.

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Betting Against the American Middle Class

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup Inc., “No Holds Barred”, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Secret Ballot Elections, Wal-Mart, Union Organizers, Interrogation, Threats, Cornell University, Employee Free Choice Act, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Surveillance, Stewart Acuff, Usw, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, American Middle Class, Home Depot, National Labor Relations Board, Harassment, National Labor Relations Act, Efca, Aig, Bank of America, Public Sector, Bailout Money, Nlrb, Glenn Spencer, Bernie Marcus, Randel K. Johnson, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Unionization is how the middle class re-emerges. America could do without a few filthy-rich boys lolling on yachts in the Mediterranean.

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Take Action to Support Bakery Workers at Stella D'oro!

Stewart Acuff | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Freedom to Form Unions, Afl-Cio, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Bctgm, Business News
Stewart Acuff

The Stella D'oro story sums it up: Corporate mismanagement, the destruction of an iconic brand and an attempt to destroy the livelihoods of modest working families.

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Xerox Targets Retirees: Can Today's Workers Be Far Behind?

Mary Ann West | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Retirement, Protest, Universal Healthcare, Xerox, Early Retirement, Vernon Jordan, Retired Xerox Employees, Anne Mulcahy, Pension Protection Act of 2006, Norwalk, Business News
Mary Ann West

Xerox workers are quickly replaced and disposed of like a used 9 volt battery in the smoke detector -- still has life in it but gets changed every 6 months for safety's sake.

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Ryan Grim

Senate Dems Hold EFCA Strategy Session

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dems Efca, Harry Reid, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Efca, Dems Card Check, Democrats Efca, Politics News

Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday afternoon in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office, two sources familiar with the meeting say, to discuss ...

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Karl Rove: Let's Debate Employee Free Choice

Stewart Acuff | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Efca, Karl Rove, Karl Rove EFCA, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

Karl Rove, I challenge you to debate the Employee Free Choice Act. You can pick the time and place, but you cannot limit the audience or exclude the media.

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Corporations Now Widely Using Wal-Mart Tactics, New Report on Unionbusting Finds

Art Levine | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Arlen Specter, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Employee Free Choice Act, Wal-Mart, Business News
Art Levine

What distinguishes the current organizing climate from previous decades of employer opposition to unions?

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The Stars Align for Employee Free Choice Act

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Efca, Labor, Entertainment, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Entertainment News
Arlene Holt Baker

From the big screen to the Broadway stage, a stellar lineup of stars is joining the fight for working families.

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Specter Raises EFCA Hopes: "Prospects Are Pretty Good"

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING and SAM HANANEL | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Arlen Specter Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Specter Employee Free Choice, Specter Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Arlen Specter said Thursday the "prospects are pretty good" for a compromise on legislation making it easier for workers to fo...

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Jason Linkins

Newt Gingrich Threatens To Sue Twitterer

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Twitter, Employee Free Choice Act, Kanye West, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

Twitter. Everybody talks about it, but no one seems to want to do anything about it. Until today, anyways! In case you haven't heard, Newt Gingrich...

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Dick Cheney Battles Clergy Over Employee Free Choice Act

Art Levine | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kim Bobo, Big Business, Jim Wallis, Employee Free Choice Act, Clergy, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Pope, Seiu, Politics News
Art Levine

Dick Cheney's remarks Tuesday attacking the Employee Free Choice Act aired on the same day as a new coalition of religious leaders pressed the case for the pro-worker legislation.

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