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Watch the Pots...They'll Eventually Boil
With every new presidential administration comes a different set of priorities and issues, and Congress' legislative agenda reflects this fact. However, while much of the media focus has been on the big ticket items--health care reform, climate change, regulation of the financial industry, and the...
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Wed, Sep 09 2009 12:11 PM
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Owen, Sarah
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"Steely" Resolve on EFCA
This week the AFL-CIO is holding its 2009 convention in Pittsburgh, and two issues grabbing most of the attention are overhaul of the nation's health care system and the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" (HR 1409/S 560). And the big guns are out in full force. On Monday, U.S. Secretary...
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Wed, Sep 09 2009 9:00 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Card Check
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Labor Day 2009: Fate of EFCA
As our nation prepares to bid farewell to summer and celebrate Labor Day , now is the perfect time to take stock of where we are with respect to the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" ( HR 1409 / S560 ), also known as EFCA or simply "card check." Americans don't want "card...
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Wed, Sep 09 2009 9:46 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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It's Flip-Flop Season
"I will not be an automatic 60th vote. And I would illustrate that by my position on employees' choice, also known as card check. I think it is a bad bill and I'm opposed to it and would not vote to invoke cloture. " -- Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), in a news conference announcing his...
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Wed, Aug 08 2009 11:01 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Summertime Blues
Last week I wrote columns on the possible "compromise" on the anti-democratic " Employee Free Choice Act " (HR 1409/S 560) and the proposed "millionaire" surtax designed to pay for health care reforms. I'd like to say that all of the problems with EFCA and the health...
Published
Wed, Jul 07 2009 9:10 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Health Care
Let's Make a Deal
Compromise : 1. a settlement of differences by mutual concessions. 2. the result of such settlement. 3. something intermediate between different things. 4. an endangering, esp. of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc. 5. to settle by a compromise. 6. to make liable to danger, suspicion, scandal...
Published
Wed, Jul 07 2009 9:00 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Labor
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Card Check
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EFCA
Yes, It's Still Out There...
To say that Washington is a busy place this summer is an understatement. Congress is still negotiating a deal to bring energy and climate change legislation to the floor. Numerous Senate and House committees are combing their way through hundreds of pages of legislation to overhaul the nation's health...
Published
Wed, Jun 06 2009 9:00 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Card Check
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Devil in the Details...the Other "Card Check" Demon
Most of the attention on the misnamed " Employee Free Choice Act " (HR 1409/S 560) has centered on provisions which would effectively strip workers of their right to secret ballot elections in deciding whether to join unions, replacing such elections instead with a "card check" system...
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Wed, Jun 06 2009 9:26 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Card Check and Small Business - the Remix
Back in February, I posted a blog about the impact of the misnamed "Employee Free Choice Act" (HR 1409/S 560) on America's small businesses . The blog included a link to an editorial written by Representiatve Howard "Buck" McKeon, the Ranking Republican Member on the House Education...
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Wed, Jun 06 2009 9:00 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Why Are We Even Talking About Card Check?
Brian Worth, chairman of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace , wrote an excellent editorial for the Washington Post in which he calls into question the need for the misnamed " Employee Free Choice Act " (HR 1409/S 560) or even a "compromise" designed to get around the problems...
Published
Wed, May 05 2009 9:49 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Labor
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