nytimes.com - 1/10/2009
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Some Republican senators question labor secretary-designate Representative Hilda L. Solis’s support for a bill that would make it easier for workers to unionize. >
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Labor Policy Follies
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... The confirmation hearings have begun for Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis. As discussed here, Solis was hardly responsive to the serious and important questions asked of her: ...
Labor Policy Follies
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
The confirmation hearings have begun for Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis. As discussed here , Solis was hardly responsive to the serious and important questions asked of her: Many Republicans oppose the bill, the Employee Free Choice Act, which would enable unions to add millions of workers and would largely eliminate use of the secret ballot to determine whether workers want a union. The bill would give employees the right to gain union recognition as soon as a majority signed cards saying they wanted a union. Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, a member of ...
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