marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/22/2009
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Here's an unusual web ad from the business-backed Workforce Fairness Institute . They were set up to oppose EFCA, or "card check" legislation making it easier to unionize. They've been active in states, and are trying to persuade soft Democrats and independents that EFCA would be harmful ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/16/2009
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Is the administration going to slow-walk the Employee
Free Choice Act, or card check? President-Elect Obama told...
the Washington Post yesterday that "while he favored the legislation, said there may be other ways to achieve the same goal without ...
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No Delay On Card Check, So Far
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Ben Smith's Blog —
... When your job approval numbers look like Obama's, even your obvious opponents, like the foes of the Employee Free Choice Act -- which Obama, in general terms, supports -- link themselves to you, as in this webad from a business-backed group. ...
Progressive Breakfast: Empty Criticisms Of Econ Recovery
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... Marc Ambinder looks at new "business-backed Workforce Fairness Institute" ad: "The ad praises Obama is glowing terms -- perhaps too glowing. They contrast his 'priorities' with those of 'Congressional leaders' and 'big labor bosses.' ... 'Payback' is the phrase they want to resonate ... A labor strategist e-mails: 'If this is going to be their paid media strategy I will dance a jig ... these are the exact same words and images they attacked Senate candidates across the country with millions of dollars of ads during the last cycle ... Every one of those candidates won.'" ...
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