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thinkprogress.org - 4/1/2009

Joe the Plumber stumped on Employee Free Choice Act: ‘I don’t know everything about everything.’

— thinkprogress.org — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber,” is currently in Pennsylvania shilling against the Employee... Free Choice Act on behalf of the anti-labor group Americans for Prosperity. As ThinkProgress reported, Wurzelbacher ... (more) Joe the Plumber stumped on Employee Free Choice Act: ‘I ...

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keystoneprogress.blogspot.com - 4/1/2009

Joe the "Plumber" Shills Against the Employee Free Choice Act in PA

— keystoneprogress.blogspot.com — Joe the “Plumber” doesn’t know that card check is already the law. Video of Joe in Harrisburg,... PA today. Prior to this video, off camera, he admits he hasn’t read the Employee Free Choice bill, yet he comes to Pennsylvania to fight against ... (more) Joe the "Plumber" Shills Against the Employee Free ...

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efcawire.com - 4/3/2009

EFCA Wire » Inside the Battle Over the Employee FORCED Choice Act

— efcawire.com — Roll Call: Labor Prepares Recess Blitz on Card Check "...targeting possible GOP Senate pickups and potentially wavering... Democrats in an all-out push for the labor organizing bill" Hollywood To DC for EFCA Washington Times: Martin Sheen Stumbles:"We ... (more) EFCA Wire » Inside the Battle Over the Employee ...

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Bennet says card-check can't pass
News — ... hard feelings that are developing on the issue, among organized labor on one side and small-business owners on the other. He said those groups can be allies on many issues, particularly health-care reform, and can't let the EFCA debate splinter relationships. "Temperatures are running high on both sides of this. We need to make sure that no matter how this turns out … that we've got all hands on deck working on health-care reform because this is the year to get that done," he said. (h/t: Greg Sargent)

Whole Foods Manager To Employees: If You Unionize ‘Every Benefit You Have’ Is ‘Thrown Out The Window’
Wonk Room — Since both Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) announced their opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act, a lot of debate has been centered on whether or not the bill has any chance of passing in the current Congress. Obviously, counting votes is an important exercise, but lost in the brouhaha has been the justification for labor law reform. Fortunately, Mother Jones’ Josh Harkinson gave us a refresher course, courtesy of Whole Foods: Shortly before the inauguration of President Barack ...

Dem Senator: Card Check will threaten health-care reform
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... across Big Labor’s bow?  Michael Bennett (D-CO) hadn’t even appeared on the Democratic waverer contingent in the Senate on Card Check.  Now, suddenly, Bennett is telling constituents to take the Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” to heart (via Greg Sargent ): “We’re going to have to see whether or not there’s a consensus that can be reached that makes it something that can be passed because right now there isn’t something that can be passed,” Bennet told the group at New Belgium. He said he’s concerned by the hard feelings that are developing on the issue, among ...

Senate Dem Dines With CEOs After Airing EFCA Skepticism
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... This past week, he disappointed labor leaders by declaring that the Employee Free Choice Act, "right now" isn't "something that can be passed." ...