The so-called Employee "Free" Choice Act - more accurately, the Employee Forced Choice Act - would effectively eliminate the private ballot in union organizing elections, allow for Federal intervention in workplaces, and further weaken the economy.
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Melanie Trottman reports on labor.Hilda Solis made a shift that's certain to please unions. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis abandon her passive support of the union-organizing bill now sitting in the Senate, ...
Workforce Fairness Institute But unless Obama champions it, analysts say EFCA likely will fail. And some say the administration may have limited political capital left for EFCA if the healthcare and climate change debates go poorly.
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(Repeats for broader distribution with no change in text) *Trumka unopposed in bid to lead AFL-CIO *Has warned Democrats to keep public option in healthcare *Tough road seen to pass Employee Free Choice
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that passing a controversial labor bill that would make it easier for employees to organize is no longer in the cards for the Senate, at least for now, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Workforce Fairness Institute The remarks all but acknowledge that EFCA, one of labor's most prized legislative goals, will take a backseat to the Obama administration's most pressing priority for the meanwhile.
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Senator Specter should explain his position on the Employee FORCED Choice Act. Pennsylvanians deserve an honest and clear answer on where he stands on the elimination of the secret ballot and mandatory, binding arbitration.
Workforce Fairness Institute "But Specter goes on record saying he will now vote for cloture on stuff four months ago he adamantly was opposed to and now Obama says he’ll raise money for Specter, as will Joe Biden."
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Back in April after switching parties, Arlen Specter said, “I will not be an automatic 60th vote and I would illustrate that by my position on employees’ choice, also known as card check. I ...
Workforce Fairness Institute AFL-CIO leading a pro EFCA pannel at this week's Netroots Nation conference entitled "The Secret Plan to Defeat the Right Forever." This debate is still about workers, right?
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Incoming AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka vows tougher labor politics - Jonathan Martin and Jeanne C
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Incoming AFL-CIO presidentis unapologetically old-school labor in his view of corporate America.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is still scheming on behalf of labor bosses to force a vote on Card Check that would short circuit legislative procedures, according to the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW). Under the Card Check provis
Workforce Fairness Institute John Boros, Vice-President of the rival union [NUHW], said Andy Stern “seems to be an advocate of EFCA except for SEIU members.”
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Workforce Fairness Institute Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, issued a communiqué saying, "We expect a vote on a majority sign-up provision [eliminating secret ballot elections] in the final bill or by amendment in both houses of Congress." In other words, whatever backroom deal gets cut today will be undone by another backroom deal down the road.
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Steven J. Law: Congress's Card Check Compromise Remains Bad For Jobs And Economy
