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Employee Free Choice Act
Card Check Is Not the Solution for Pension Mismanagement
Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business
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The union promise of jobs and better wages is deeply alluring, but their mechanism to securing them, so-called "card check," is fundamentally flawed.
A Song for EFCA Opponents
Max and the Marginalized | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
We wrote "My Heart Belongs to Cleveland" as a response to Republicans in Congress who pledge support for working people but oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.
Hundreds Protest Karl Rove's Fundraiser For Anti-EFCA Group
AP | Posted 06.12.2009 | Chicago
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Hundreds of people in central Illinois have protested outside a closed-door fundraiser that featured Republican strategist Karl R...
What Working Mothers Needed this Mother's Day
Beth Shulman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
It is imperative that we think of solutions to make the middle class dream possible for working mothers once again.
Specter Faces Price of Betrayal: Angry Dems, Workers, Primary Challenge
Art Levine | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics
Specter now stands alone. Stripped of his rank by Democrats. Scorned by Republicans. Specter's flash of strength has turned to weakness.
Penny Pritzker: Wealthy Obama Campaign Finance Chair Breaks With President, Opposes EFCA
FireDogLake | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
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Penny Pritzker, the finance chair of the Obama campaign who is now a member of his Economic Recovery Advisory Board, has a somewhat different opinion ...
New Study Destroys Union Intimidation Myth As Specter Considers "Compromise"
Art Levine | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
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While so many cartoonish "horror movie" caricatures of the EFCA have been launched by right-wing smear merchants, perhaps supporters of the legislation deserve a chance to fight back with a cartoon of their own.
Poll: Even Republicans Want Specter To Back EFCA
The Plum Line | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
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Buried in this week's Quinnipiac Poll of Pennsylvania is a stunning number that really leaves you wondering why Arlen Specter is holding out against...
Wanted: A Pennsylvania Ned Lamont to Defeat Arlen Specter in 2010 Democratic Primary
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics
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Pennsylvania needs a Democratic Senator from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.
SEIU: Specter Won't Get Our Support Without Some Work
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics
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Senator Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party was supposed to ease his path towards reelection in 2010. But in a memo to Pennsylvania memb...
Which Side Are You on Specter?
Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
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Labor is re-energized by Specter's decision. Grassroots union activity -- already at a fever pitch -- is escalating even more.
Specter's Defection Likely Doesn't Change EFCA Calculus, Dems Acknowledge
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
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The first wave of speculation over the implications of Sen. Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party surrounded one of the day's most hotly c...
Veterans Groups Go To Bat For EFCA
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
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Adding a new dimension to the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, a host of veterans groups is launching a new effort to help pass the union-bac...
What's Obama Done for Workers in His First 100 Days? Plenty
Art Levine | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
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While some in the labor movement are disappointed at the slow pace of the EFCA in moving through Congress, there are enough key figures in the administration ensuring that the President keeps workers' priorities very much alive.
Local Media Challenged DC Pundits' Anti-Union Spin -- And Pushed Specter
Art Levine | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
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The conventional wisdom among members of the Washington punditocracy is that the EFCA is essentially dead or doomed, in part because of the defections of moderate Senators Specter and Lincoln.
Teabag the Boss, Card Check for the Masses
Daniel Denvir | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics
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The business community is scared shitless by the prospect of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) becoming law. They have conjured up images of aggress...
Pass the Employee Free Choice Act
Robert Naiman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics
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Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is easy to justify on the basis of guaranteeing the basic human rights of working Americans.
The Roadblock Republicans: 100 Days of Saying No to Progress
Gerald McEntee | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics
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The Republicans say we're exaggerating the problems facing our economy. When President Obama extends a friendly hand to them, they respond with a clenched fist.
With Friends Like These...Robert Reich's "Mistakes" on Employee Free Choice Act
Art Levine | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
EFCA backers were no doubt thrilled to hear the only liberal on CNBC mimic conservative falsehoods on employee free choice.
EFCA Backers Step Up Efforts, Begin Calling Out Democrats, Obama
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
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Whether out of despair, frustration, or the political calculus that more sheer aggression is needed, labor officials and progressives are taking a far...
Song Guy Who Wrote "Hey, Paul Krugman" Takes on EFCA
Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
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Firing someone for expressing an opinion should be branded "un-American" and identified as something you would expect from a dictatorial regime
California GOP Rep's Home Burglarized: Chicago Politics Involved?
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago
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When California Republican Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon's home was broken into last month, his wife noted in a letter that the thief's "car is registe...
No Hoax: Pass Employee Free Choice Act to Revive Economy
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
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Workers must vanquish the new hoax being perpetrated by conservatives, greedy CEOs and other labor union-haters. Workers must win the freedom that they had in 1935 to choose how to form their unions.
EFCA Ad War Heats Up: SEIU Responds To Chamber's Latest
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
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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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