lasvegassun.com - 1/23/2009
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Lisa Mascaro Fri, Jan 23, 2009 (2 a.m.) Washington President Barack Obama’s nominee for Labor secretary is running into fierce resistance from Republicans over her reluctance to state her views clearly on legislation that would make it easier for unions to organize. The nomination of Rep. Hilda ...
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... . * Senate Republicans are blocking Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis, too. * Have I mentioned how thrilled I am about the new team at the Justice Department? ...
Art Levine: GOP Blocks Obama's Labor Nominee, Pushes Big Lie on "Card Check"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Despite rising unemployment and a cratering economy, the GOP has placed a hold on the nomination of President Obama's choice for Secretary of Labor, the pro-worker Hilda Solis. The issue at stake is the Employee Free Choice Act, which aims to give workers a level playing field by allowing workers to choose a majority sign-up approach, dubbed "card check" by anti-union flacks, for selecting a union -- rather than keeping that option in the hands of employers.
But the original Wagner Act in the 1930s gave workers the right ...
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