EFCA to be introduced today

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19786.html

Card check battle starts tomorrow
By MIKE ALLEN | 3/9/09 11:55 AM EDT

Tomorrow, Democrats in both houses of Congress plan to introduce a union-organizing bill that is labor’s top priority for the year, Democratic officials said.

The result could be a high-decibel, high-stakes brawl between business and labor, which strongly supported President Barack Obama. Unions have been getting impatient for attention to the issue, and the push to introduce legislation is a way to ratchet up pressure on Congress.

President Obama, who has said he recognizes that “the business community … considers this to be the devil incarnate,” said in January that he would like to bring the sides together.

The measure — widely known as card check and formally as the Employee Free Choice Act — would allow a union to form after enough workers in a shop sign cards, or petitions, rather than voting by secret ballot.

“The fact that the bill is being introduced so early in the session is an indication of it being a priority and of confidence in the vote count,” said a Democratic official involved in the negotiations.
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1. RIGHT FUCKING ON.

Hold strong, Democrats. Labor is watching.

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2. Senate Hearing: Empowering Workers to Restore the Middle Class

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

Talking about EFCA - video