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Sam Stein

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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Sam Stein

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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Sam Stein

SEIU: Specter Won't Get Our Support Without Some Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Specter Pennsylvania, Labor Community, Seiu Memo, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Specter, Seiu, Labor Community Pennsylvania, Specter Support, Pennsylvania Democrats, Andy Stern, Politics News

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...

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Sam Stein

Specter's Defection Likely Doesn't Change EFCA Calculus, Dems Acknowledge

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Arlen Specter, Democrats Hill, Employee Free Choice Act, Specter Efca, Specter Democrat, Arlen Specter Unions, Politics News

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...

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Sam Stein

Specter 2010: Democrats To Clear Decks For Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Democratic Primary, Arlen Specter, 2010 Elections, Primary Specter 2010 Elections, Specter Democratic Primary, Union Specter, Pennsylvania Democrats, Politics News

Sources with knowledge of Sen. Specter's decision to switch political parties say that efforts will be made to ensure that he will not face a primary ...

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Sam Stein

McCaskill: I'm Not Sure We Have Votes On Employee Free Choice Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Claire McCaskill said Sunday she was unsure whether she and her fellow Democrats had the votes needed to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, durin...

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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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Sam Stein

Obama's Remarks On Employee Free Choice Act Make Labor "Very Pleased"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Obama Employee Free Choice Act, Obama Efca, Obama Interviews, President Obama, Politics News

Labor officials are "VERY pleased" with statements made by President Barack Obama on the Employee Free Choice Act during a sit down interview with 15 ...

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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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Middle Class Task Force: Obama, Biden Launch Plans For Working Families

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Middle Class Task Force, Obama Joe Biden, Working Class Task Force, Biden Task Force, Obama, Obama Middle Class, Obama Labor, Politics News

The Obama administration announced the creation of a White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families on Friday during a ceremony demonstrating...

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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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