marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/23/2009
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I've obtained some internal polling from proponents of the Employee Free Choice Act that shows us precisely how interest groups shape public opinion as they gague it.
Let's take the main provision of EFCA -- "card check," which the AFL-CIO now calls "majority sign up."
The AFL-CIO's polling ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/23/2009
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
Consultant Mike Murphy, who is working with the
forces arrayed against EFCA, or "card check," e-mails to...
dispute my assessment of his side's polling . Marc, I'd argue with your assertion that the two card check polls are opposite, yet equal sides ...
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School’s In: What Ambinder (and America) Still Needs to Learn about Employee Free Choice
Firedoglake —
... I'll give Marc Ambinder credit, he's at least trying to understand the details of secret ballot/majority sign-up (or as the wingnuts like to say, "card check"). But he tends to lean a bit heavily on overpaid hacks spreading disinformation on behalf of the business lobby —and therein lies the problem: ...
“Union Members Oppose Employee Free Choice” and Other Knee Slappers By W. James Antle III
Firedoglake —
... We strive for a bit more intellectual rigor around here, so let's look into what Republican pollsters McLaughlin & Associates consider "a more detailed description" of the Employee Free Choice Act. Ambinder: ...
Gallup: Americans Support Employee Free Choice by 14 Point Majority
Daily Kos —
... broad and strong majority support for the Employee Free Choice Act, with 53 percent of Americans supporting its passage, and just 39 percent opposing the bill. The bill is favored not just by Democrats, but by an 11-point majority of registered independents. As the first independent poll on Employee Free Choice in many months, the Gallup poll generally buttresses the validity of the polling performed by Peter Hart for the AFL-CIO, and completely invalidates the bogus "polling" pushed by astroturf anti-worker groups. The timing of this news ...
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