freechoiceact.org - 2/6/2009
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We, the undersigned, enthusiastically support the Employee Free Choice Act and urge Congress to pass this important legislation without further delay. Good union jobs are key to restoring the middle class, and the Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier for workers to form a union. If a ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 1/30/2009
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com —
Okay, this is pretty funny. I've just obtained
an advance copy of a new TV ad that
a labor group is launching to promote the Employee Free Choice Act, labor's top priority -- a spot that pushes back against the arguments from anti-EFCA forces. But ...
(more)
Labor Group Launching New Ad On Employee Free Choice — ...
pajamasmedia.com - 2/9/2009
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Why We Must Fight Like Hell to Confirm Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary
Open Left - Front Page —
... Then, sign American Rights at Work's petition to support the Employee Free Choice, where you snag their Employee Free Choice widget for your own personal blog. ...
Action Alert: Fight Back Against GOP Attempts to Scuttle Hilda Solis’ Nomination
Comments from Left Field —
ZP Heller @ OpenLeft:
The Senate Labor committee postponed [Hilda] Solis’ nomination yesterday because of a recent USA Today report about her husband’s outstanding California tax liens. (NOTE: it was her husband’s auto repair business, not anything to do with Solis herself.) Though the tax liens have since been repaid, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) and his Republican cohorts are still delaying the confirmation vote, claiming they need to investigate Solis’ involvement with American Rights at Work (ARAW), a pro-labor non-profit. But this really boils down to the GOP’s inherent fears over ...
ZP Heller: Why We Must Fight Like Hell to Confirm Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Have the Republicans lost all sense of reality? In the midst of a crushing recession, our country is hemorrhaging jobs. According to Think Progress, the Labor Department reported we lost 598,000 jobs in January, and 1.8 million in the last three months. The livelihoods of millions of Americans and our entire economy are at stake, and yet GOP obstructionists are stonewalling President Obama's economic stimulus plan and the nomination of Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary.
The Senate Labor committee postponed Solis' nomination yesterday because of a recent USA Today report about her husband's outstanding California tax liens. (NOTE: it was ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 10/22/2008 — As the election approaches employers are becoming increasingly nervous about the very real prospect that the Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA") will be signed into law next year. Smart money says that some form of EFCA will be one of the first bills ...