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McConnell's EFCA Attack (video)
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McConnell's EFCA Attack (video)
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A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON EFCA
— washingtonmonthly.com — A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON EFCA: My piece on the Employee Free Choice Act for the latest... issue of the Washington Monthly, which Steve commented about here, has generated some thoughtful responses in the blogosphere. I can't get to all... (more) A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON EFCA

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Private Equity and EFCA
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — The Employee Free Choice Act has galvanized business lobbies l ike nothing else in recent years. After... all, most issues--say, trade--pits one business lobby against another but few issues unite them. So it's interesting and notable to say the least ... (more) Private Equity and EFCA
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Wonk Room:  McConnell: Employee Free Choice Will ‘Fundamentally Harm’ And ‘Europeanize America’

Think Progress:  McConnell: Employee Free Choice Act will ‘fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America.’

Matthew Yglesias:  Europe: A Continent Full of Lovely Countries

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McConnell: Employee Free Choice Will ‘Fundamentally Harm’ And ‘Europeanize America’
Wonk Room — Today, during an appearance at the National Press Club, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered a two-minute diatribe against the Employee Free Choice Act, announcing that “this is an issue on which there will be no bi-partisanship,” and that the act will “fundamentally harm and Europeanize America”: I came here to speak about bi-partisanship, but this is an issue on which there will be no bi-partisanship…This is an outrageous proposal. It will fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America and we will have a big political fight over this. Watch it: ...

McConnell: Employee Free Choice Act will ‘fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America.’
Think Progress — Today in a press conference at the National Press Club, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attacked “narrow interest groups” in Washington, such as labor unions. Specifically, he went after the Employee Free Choice Act: I came here to speak about bi-partisanship, but this is an issue on which there will be no bi-partisanship. … This is an outrageous proposal. It will fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America and we will have a big political fight over this. McConnell also claimed that “rank and file” union members aren’t “clamoring” for the ...

Europe: A Continent Full of Lovely Countries
Matthew Yglesias — Mitch McConnel warns that passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, permitting workers to form unions through a majority sign-up process rather than an election rigged by employers, would “Europeanize America” My colleague Pat Garofalo correctly observes that it’s hardly just Europe that has more organizer-friendly labor laws—it’s pretty much everyplace you look including Canada, Australia, and all the rest. One might also add that the United States had a much higher level of union density back in the immediate postwar decades when growth ...

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