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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 3/10/2009

Have It Your Way? Burger King To Get Involved In War Against Employee Free Choice Act

— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Uh oh -- this could be a major setback for labor and others pushing for the Employee... Free Choice Act. The fast food giant Burger King is getting involved in the battle against the measure, the company's corporate offices confirm -- something that ... (more) Have It Your Way? Burger King To Get Involved In War ...

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seiu.org - 3/20/2009

Wall Street Journal: Employee Free Choice Act "does not remove the secret ballot"

— seiu.org — Corporate front groups' one-line attack on the Employee Free Choice Act is the false claim that it... somehow eliminates the secret ballot option for workers to join unions. But in this morning's Wall Street Journal, the paper's ed board admitted that ... (more) Wall Street Journal: Employee Free Choice Act "does not ...

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mediamatters.org - 3/12/2009

Employee Free Choice Act: "Fox Facts" vs. actual facts

— mediamatters.org — Employee Free Choice Act: "Fox Facts" vs. actual facts Summary: Fox News has run on-screen text, often... billed as "Fox Facts," falsely claiming that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would "kill workplace secret ballots," "kill workers' right to ... (more) Employee Free Choice Act: "Fox Facts" vs. ...

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Jane Hamsher: Why Citi's Deborah Weinswig the Only Analyst to Downgrade Walmart on Employee Free Choice?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... to make the claim that the bill's passage would increase the following year's unemployment rate by 1%. (In 2006 the OCED did an exhaustive analysis and concluded that there was no correlation between unionization and unemployment rates.) ...

Why was Citi’s Deborah Weinswig the Only Analyst to Downgrade Walmart on Employee Free Choice?
Firedoglake — ... , hosted by a lobbyist for the US Chamber of Commerce, to "build opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act" according to the Huffington Post's Sam Stein. During the call, Weinswig cited dubious research funded by an astroturf front group for the Chamber to make the claim that the bill's passage would increase the following year's unemployment rate by 1%. (In 2006 the OCED did an exhaustive analysis and concluded that there was no correlation between unionization and unemployment rates.) ...

Unemployment and Unions
Comments from Left Field — ... This suggests that, as many other studies have found, unemployment rises and falls due to a vast array of changes in the economy — and can’t be pinned on unions. ...