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Seventy-Eight Percent of Public Support Employee Free Choice ActFiredoglake - Jan 8, 2009 President-elect Barack Obama strongly supports the Employee Free Choice Act. So, despite the $200 million being spent by Big Business on fighting the Employee Free Choice Act, the public still overwhelmingly supports … Also tagged: unions, employee free choice act, jeanne shaheen, afl cio, mark udall, efca, jeff merkley, peter d hart research |
Firedoglake - Jan 8, 2009
Democratic leadership in the House on a Thursday conference call -- including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, vowed to push forward …
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Firedoglake - Jan 5, 2009
Per Ed Morrissey, I see the Wall Street Journal is indulging its fantasies about Employee Free Choice once again: The Senate Goes Wobbly on Card Check It's hard to defend taking away the secret ballot. [] Arkansas …
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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Van Jones: The Green Collar EconomyFiredoglake - Jan 3, 2009 Van Jones, influential environmental activist and President of the Oakland-based non-profit Green For All, recently became the first African-American with a book about the environment to make the New York Times … Also tagged: environment, fdl book salon |
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America’s Real Patriot Act: The Employee Free Choice ActFiredoglake - Dec 25, 2008 Find out why hand sanitizer is part of the company health care plan in this video by Brave New Films and American Rights at Work. When America's founders crafted the Constitution, they knew more was needed to ensure … Also tagged: bangladesh, freedom of speech, china, first amendment, bill of rights, contract, health care, constitution, obama, middle class, wages, fifth amendment, unions, corporations, unconstitutional, employee free choice act, afl cio, bargaining, patriot, anti union, un american, freedom of assembly, taft hartley, retirement security, kate bronfenbrenner, nlrb v jones and 38 laughlin steel corp |
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WTF? Springsteen CD Exclusively at Walmart?!Firedoglake - Dec 25, 2008 I thought Bruce Springsteen was pro-labor. Then I read that The Boss' Greatest Hits will be released exclusively by Walmart. Okay, its only his greatest hits, which you can download anyway song by song if you have the … Also tagged: entertainment, walmart, bruce springsteen |
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Come Out of Hiding, Bret JacobsonFiredoglake - Dec 23, 2008 Hey, all, this is from Seth Michaels at AFL-CIO Now. OMG. A labor secretary who might look out for workers? As an op-ed in today's Los Angeles Times makes clear, President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Rep. Hilda … Also tagged: barack obama, unions, employee free choice act, afl cio, l a times, hilda solis, richard berman, bret jacobsen |
Firedoglake - Dec 23, 2008
When you see this WSJ headline, "Illinois Scandal Spotlights SEIU's Use of Political Tactics," attached to a story in the Journal's "news" section, you'd expect there to be some actual reporting and not just an excuse …
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Ben Nelson Thinks Rick Berman is an Idiot. Welcome to the Club.Firedoglake - Dec 20, 2008 Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson knows a cow pie when he smells one: Sometimes you see something so dumb you know the creators thought they had a brainstorm. But it really was just a drizzle. That’s how I reacted when I … |
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UAW Busting, Southern StyleFiredoglake - Dec 19, 2008 Photo by Alfred Palmer (Firedoglake is proud to welcome Bruce Raynor, president of UNITE HERE.) The foreign nonunion auto companies located in the South have a plan to reduce wages and benefits at their factories in … Also tagged: economics, auto restructuring |