Senate Hearing: Empowering Workers to Restore the Middle Class

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http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_03_10/2009_03_10.html

Committee: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Title: Rebuilding Economic Security: Empowering Workers to Restore the Middle Class
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 10:00 a.m.
Place: SD-106

(Video available on this webpage)

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1. THANKS FOR POSTING!!!!

:yourock: :kick:

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2. Sen Casey (Pa) nailed it...

:thumbsup:

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3. All the Dem. Senators are on fire.

Senator Sanders said that we are dealing with a culture of greed.

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4. Dr. Paula Voos opening statement

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5. Wade Henderson opening statement

Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,

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6. The right to organize has long been a basic human and civil right

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7. Rev. Jim Wallis opening statement

Rev. Jim Wallis, President and Executive Director, Sojourners, Washington, DC

"Fairness is a religious issue"

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8. income inequality

The huge gap between CEO and worker pay is a "sin of Biblical proportions"

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9. Dr. Layne-Farrar opening statement

Shill for big business.

"unemployment will increase if EFCA passes"

yeah right!

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13. It's all they know...

They don't even attempt to disguise their THREATS anymore. :mad:

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10. Question rounds begin

Sen. Harkin asked Dr. Voos about the conflict-driven process of an NLRB election

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11. Sen. Sanders up

Exposing the myth that EFCA is a "radical act"

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12. Panel II is up

Four workers. One guy worked at the WTC on 9-11

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14. K&R!

Glad to have several people posting labor stories these days. :-)