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New Hope for the Employee Free Choice Act
Daily Kos —
... to abandon his long-standing support of the Employee Free Choice Act in a (likely futile) effort to appease the yahoo PA GOP primary electorate, a lot of folks were left feeling pessimistic about the future of the Act. Well, fret no more: ...
Economic Terrorism
Firedoglake —
... Now, they've made clear they will do anything—even destroy jobs, communities and harm the U.S. economy—to ensure that more American workers do not have a voice on the job. (And this just in—they're now using Joe the Plumber as an anti-Employee Free Choice Act spokes-idiot. That guy can't seem to keep a job.) ...
Real plumbers rip Joe the Plumber for shilling against the Employee Free Choice Act.
Think Progress —
... Greg Sargent reports that Joe the Plumber by the anti-labor Americans for Prosperity to do “a series of events throughout Pennsylvania rallying opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act.” Here’s why Americans for Prosperity spokesperson Mary Ellen Burke said Joe was chosen: ...
PoliSnark: People’s Republic of Berzerkeley Edition
PoliGazette —
Libertarian removed from ballot in New York Congressional race. Intense debate ensues on Paulist blogs as to whether the Illuminati or the Grey Aliens are behind the plot.
FireDogLake finally finds something too vulgar even for its tastes.
New York Times cuts wages. Editorial blaming Bush pending funding.
Joe the Plumber to campaign against Employee Free Choice Act. EFCA proponents celebrate their rescue.
Washington Examiner fears rise of “authoritarian” Americorps. Next up: An expose on the evil Girl ...
Newsflash: Public Anger Gets Results.
Comments from Left Field —
... Democracy doesn’t begin and end at the ballot box. Sometimes we have to remind our leaders of this–make the powerful FEAR the people. Because, quite frankly, there are more of us than them. Strength in numbers. Is why divide and conquer is a key part of their strategy. We see that in the anti-EFCA effort, with the business lobby trying to stir up the resentment of non-unionized workers towards those who are organized. ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
... Left: Evan Bayh is claiming that the group of GOP enablers he organized has "no agenda."
Capital Eye: Members of a Senate Committee that this week held the first part of a hearing to examine whether health insurance companies are failing to fully pay reimbursements to policyholders haven't had any trouble themselves collecting money from those same companies.
The Plum Line: A zero with the edges rubbed off, and...a working class hero
Donkey Punch: CIA Sez: Electronic Voting Systems Are Not Secure ...
Joe the Plumber hates America's working men and women
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings He's back. As if "reporting" from Israel wasn't enough, Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher will be campaigning against the Employee Free Choice Act: Mr. Plumber will speak at rallies against the measure in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia on March 30th and 31st, according to a spokesperson for the anti-EFCA group Americans for Prosperity. "The public loves Joe the Plumber," the spokesperson, Mary Ellen Burke, claimed to me. ...
The Specter Is Officially Toomed
Firedoglake —
... As I reported yesterday, Mr. Plumber has been enlisted to campaign at rallies in Pennylvania against the Employee Free Choice Act. It turns out that Toomey is now going to join Mr. Plumber, according to a ...
Unions protest Joe the Plumber in Pittsburgh.
Think Progress —
... Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka “Joe the Plumber,” was recently tapped by the anti-labor group Americans for Prosperity to shill against the Employee Free Choice Act. Americans for Prosperity spokesperson Mary Ellen Burke said that Wurzelbacher was chosen because “he represents the American worker” and is a “role model.” At a rally yesterday near Pittsburgh, PA, Wurzelbacher ...
