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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 09:52 PM
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You really believe the business community and conservatives?

The side against workers is framing EFCA as taking away a secret ballot on unions. NOT TRUE. Currently the EMPLOYER decides between card check or ballot. With EFCA the EMPLOYEE has the power to decide what they want. Card check OR secret ballot.

There is more to it. Please read the info in my sig file when you have time.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123085879658147927.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Republican "moderates" aren't eager for card check either. If this were a minimum-wage vote, Maine's Susan Collins, for example, would be lining up. But polls show more than 80% of Americans disagree with eliminating union ballots. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has bolstered opposition by turning card check into a litmus test of Mr. Obama's promise to work with the other side. Even Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, the lone GOP vote for card check in 2007, is backpedaling, worried about a 2010 primary challenge.

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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 09:58 PM
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1. I have seen several ads designed to scare people against voting
for this. It shows a caricature of a "union boss" in the voting booth looking over a poor worker's shoulder..

The correct information is NOT GETTING OUT...

These ads need to be countered with correct information.. in wide release..
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David Dunham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:04 PM
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2. The Reps can and sadly will fillibuster this bill to death.
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