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Employee Free Choice Act

As 'Secret Ballot' Myth Sputters, Chamber Launches New Anti-Union Attack Line

Art Levine | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Banks, Financial Crisis, Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Efca, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Politics News
Art Levine

It's still an open question if the business community will succeed in their drive to spread misinformation about arbitration with claims that the bill will take away the secret ballot.

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The Heritage Foundation Spreads Lies on YouTube About the Employee Free Choice Act

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Union Organizing, Labor Relations, Efca, Youtube, Labor Unions, Unions, The Heritage Foundation, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The right to organize independent labor unions and to collectively bargain is what built the American middle class. The Heritage Foundation would like to take away that right.

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Card Check Dilemma: How Can Well-Meaning Americans Be So Far Apart?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Arlen Specter, Secret Ballot, Economic Crisis, Employee Free Choice Act, Gary Shapiro, Government Arbitration, Cloture Vote, Unionization, Afl-Cio, Technology Industry, Card Check, Blanche Lincoln, Private Ballot, Senator Lincoln, Union Intimidation, Senator Specter, Cea, Unions, Consumer Electronics Association, Unions and Business, Detroit, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I am very hopeful that card check is dead for this Congress. The issue is divisive, harmful, and not a good use of time by anyone.

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Labor Must Field a Primary Opponent to Blanche Lincoln

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Filibuster, Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Democrats, Working Life, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Enough. Now that she has thrown another obstacle in the path of the Employee Free Choice Act, Blanche Lincoln must face a well-funded primary opponent in 2010.

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The Ongoing Struggle for Workers' Rights

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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

For workers in the private sector it is harder to form a union and engage in collective bargaining today than it was in 1968.

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Unions, Civil Rights Groups Launch Ground War For Pro-Worker Bill Pundits Declared Dead

Art Levine | Posted 05.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Economic Recovery, Blanche Lincoln, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, African-Americans, Naacp, Employee Free Choice Act, Home News
Art Levine

While some Washington pundits have declared the Employee Free Choice Act essentially dead because Republican Senator Arlen Sp...

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Arthur Delaney

New Push For Employee Free Choice Act Kicks Off With TV Ad (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Arlen Specter, Union Card Checks, Card Check, Card Check Vote, Politics News

A coalition of pro-labor groups looking to drum up support for the Employee Free Choice Act is preparing to pounce on lawmakers when they arrive in th...

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Civil Rights Leaders Urge Passage of Employee Free Choice

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Civil Rights, Politics News
Arlene Holt Baker

Today, on the eve of the anniversary of King's assassination, national civil rights leaders called for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would give workers the choice of how to form a union.

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New Franken Ruling, Civil Rights Coalition Backing Boosts Pro-Union Bill

Art Levine | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Specter, Senate, Civil Rights, Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu, Pryor, Coleman Court, Coleman, Norm Coleman Al Franken, Norm Coleman Supreme Court, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Franken Coleman, Coleman Absentee Ballots, Politics News
Art Levine

Tuesday's court decision favoring Al Franken in the disputed Minnesota Senate race also serves as a boon to the ongoing fight over the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Depression in California's Inland Empire Shows Need for Employee Free Choice Act

Tom Woodruff | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Souther California, Walmart, California, Inland Empire, Employee Free Choice Act, Economic Crisis, Employment, Jobs, Target, Lond Beach, Los Angeles, Joblessness, Unemployment, Home Depot, Kmart, California Economy, Lowes, American Dream, Politics News
Tom Woodruff

An economic tragedy is unfolding in the Inland Empire region of southern California. We need to pass the Employee Free Choice Act to give workers a realistic shot at the American Dream.

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Jason Linkins

Joe The Plumber Confronted By Union Workers, Gets Stumped On Policy (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Arlen Specter, Video, Joe the Plumber Employee Free Choice Act, Real Plumbers Oppose Joe, Employee Free Choice Act, Joe the Plumber, Union Plumbers, Labor Priority, Joe the Plumber Efca, Americans for Propserity, Idiots, Specter Plumber, Politics News

"Horny" attention-monger Samuel J. "Joe the 'Plumber'" Wurzelbacher has been asked by Americans For Prosperity to serve as the group's labor-busting s...

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West Wing Stars Campaigning For 'Card Check'

AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, The West Wing, Labor, Labor Unions, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Buck Mckeon, American Rights at Work, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Labor leaders may have a friend in the White House, but they are turning to a fictional president to energize their push for a bill...

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Real Plumbers Oppose Joe The Plumber's Appearance At Anti-Card-Check Rally

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Joe the Plumber was on his way to Pittsburgh today and union plumbers aren't happy about it. Joe Wurzelbacher, the Toledo man who became a conserva...

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Feinstein May Oppose EFCA Despite Past Support

The Plum Line | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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Uh oh -- this could potentially represent another big setback for supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who co-sponsor...

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Sam Stein

Joe The Plumber Campaigning On Specter's EFCA Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Specter Plumber, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Priority, Joe the Plumber, Joe the Plumber Efca, Americans for Propserity, Politics News

Even though Sen. Arlen Specter has let it be known that he will opposed the Employee Free Choice Act if that legislation comes to a vote, the battle t...

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Sam Stein

Specter's EFCA Move Helps Him With Primary: Norquist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, Specter Efca, Specter Toomey, Norquist Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Grover Norquist, Pat Toomey, Republican Primary Pennsylvania, Toomey, Politics News

In announcing his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act on Tuesday, Sen. Arlen Specter -- labor's best hope for a Republican defector -- declared...

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Grassroots Support for the Employee Free Choice Act Grows

Stewart Acuff | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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Stewart Acuff

Now that the Employee Free Choice Act has been introduced in the U.S. House and Senate, organized labor's multi-state grassroots campaign is running at full throttle.

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Sam Stein

Specter Stuns Dems And Labor, But EFCA Fight Not Over

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca Surprise, Specter Labor, Arlen Specter, Labor Unions, Democrats Stunned, Employee Free Choice Act, Specter Efca, Compromise, Democrats Labor, Lanny Davis, Politics News

Congressional Democrats and labor officials pledged on Tuesday to push forward with the Employee Free Choice Act even as their best hope for a Republi...

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The Crack-Up of Business's United Front Against the Employee Free Choice Act

Art Levine | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

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Art Levine

Big and small business leaders alike are taking aim at each other's views of the corporate hard-line opposition to the proposed legislation.

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Could Anger at AIG and Geithner's New Bank Plan Help Unions?

Art Levine | Posted 04.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Aig, Obama, Wall Street, Bailout, Geithner, Employee Free Choice Act, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Art Levine

The aim of the new union-backed populist uprising is to fight back against the same corporate interests that are now scheming against raised living standards for workers.

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Sam Stein

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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Sam Stein

Pressure On Specter Over EFCA Could Backfire

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca Labor, Efca Specter, Arlen Specter, Labor Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Pat Toomey, Specter Employee Free Choice Act, Toomey Primary, Specter Pressure, Politics News

Labor leaders and Democratic officials are growing concerned that pressure placed on Sen. Arlen Specter to support the Employee Free Choice Act could ...

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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
Robert S. Eshelman

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

Read More: Efca Dems, Efca, Betsy Markey, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Efca Vote, Politics News

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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Peaceful Revolution: Fighting for Women Means Fighting for Free Choice

Steffany Stern | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's History Month, Employee Free Choice, Employee Free Choice Act, A Peaceful Revolution, Politics News
Steffany Stern

Women need to be able to exercise our collective power to achieve better pay and benefits at work. The Employee Free Choice Act would help us do just that.

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