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Harkin Delivers The Perfect EFCA Message
Open Left - Front Page —
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (D) delivers a very succinct smackdown of the right's "we can't pass EFCA because the economy is in the shitter" argument: ...
1930s or 2000s?
Daily Kos —
... in strong opposition to it." "My general criticism of the . . . bill is not so much that it supports unionization as that it will in operation result in enforced unionization." "Labor unions are supposed to protect workers’ rights, yet union bosses want Congress to pass a law that actually robs workers of their democratic right . . . through a forced unionization process." Answers at LaborNerd. And about that Wagner Act and its relationship to the Employee Free Choice Act: ...
Specter Announces His Intention To Vote Against Employee Free Choice Act
Think Progress —
... Earlier this month, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) noted, “In 1935, we passed the Wagner Act that promoted unionization and allowed unions to flourish, and at the time we were at around 20 percent unemployment. So tell me again why we can’t do this in a recession? … This is exactly the time we should be insisting on a fairer playing field for people to organize themselves.” As David Sirota commented, “Put another way, we don’t have the leeway to pass EFCA despite the bad economy, we have the ...
Specter mans up
TigerHawk —
... from the left: Earlier this month, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) noted, “In 1935, we passed the Wagner Act that promoted unionization and allowed unions to flourish, and at the time we were at around 20 percent unemployment. So tell me again why we can’t do this in a recession? … This is exactly the time we should be insisting on a fairer playing field for people to organize themselves.” As David Sirota commented, “Put another way, we don’t have the leeway to pass EFCA despite the bad economy, we have the ...
