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Conservatives On The Employee Free Choice Act: Unions Would ‘Browbeat Workers’ With This ‘Insidious Bill’
Wonk Room — ... organization American Rights at Work found that employers interfere with almost 50 percent of union elections, and workers who ask for a vote never receive one 40 percent of the time. The importance of unions to the American worker can not really be understated. The AFL-CIO notes that “60 million U.S. workers would join a union if they could.” Union workers on average make 30 percent in more in wages than non-union workers, and are more likely to have health insurance. This is important because, in recent years, wages have ...

Mary Beth Maxwell: A Real Solution for America's Struggling Middle Class
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... on average, and are 59 percent more likely to have employer-covered health insurance. Particularly in these tough times, workers need more opportunities to get ahead. That's why unions matter and make a difference. Increased union membership will strengthen America's middle class and re-energize our economy; we can accomplish both with the Employee Free Choice Act. ...

Warren Buffett Comes Out Against Employee Free Choice Act: ‘I’m Against Card Check’
Think Progress — ... workers to unionize by enabling them to form a union by getting a majority to sign cards of consent (the “card check”), instead of having to undergo a full unionization campaign (which are often subject to employer intimidation). The importance of the legislation is simple and clear. Sixty million U.S. workers would join a union if they could because union workers on average make 30 percent in more in wages than non-union workers and are more likely to have health insurance. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of ...

Reality Check: Here’s the Real Deal on Employee Free Choice
Firedoglake — ... Instead of focusing on the substantive issues involved—like, say, how working people in unions are more likely to have health care, pensions, and ...

Vote Now for the Biggest Chicken (Sh–)
Firedoglake — ... It's no surprise Rush Limbaugh opposes the Employee Free Choice Act with the same old "sky is falling" rhetoric that amasses him millions of dollars and helps pay for all those, um, medications he inhales takes. After all, why would scrum like him be on the side of hard-working employees getting better treatment at work, not to mention pensions and affordable health care? But the hyperbole spewing forth against the Employee Free Choice Act from more straight-laced representatives of the Big Business elite is a sure sign the ...