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Labor, business gird for battle over unions bill

 

Published 12/27/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

The Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier to unionize. Obama says he'd sign the legislation, but the Senate may again reject it. > It is labor's biggest priority for the new administration: changing federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize -- and win contracts with their employers. (link)

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