As The Hill reports, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is on hold until labor leaders help President Obama pass his socialist healthcare policies this year, at least as far as the AFL-CIOs Richard Trumka is concerned.

On Monday, August 24, Trumka pledged to dedicate his union to Obamacare in a web chat event put on by the liberal website Firedoglake.com. Trumka also discussed the issue on his blog posting.

“The President/and Emanuel have both said they don’t intend to bring Employee Free Choice Act up until Health Insurance Reform is done,” Trumka wrote on the blog. “Which gives us an additional reason to do Health Insurance Reform now!”

This presents opponents of Obama’s socialist healthcare policies as well as the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) with an opportunity. If we can materially slow or even defeat Obamacare it will be that much easier to defeat the EFCA next season.

Taking Trumka’s advice, opponents of Obamacare and the EFCA should find “an additional reason” to work to defeat this president’s plans. Anti-union forces should join with anti-Obamacare forces because defeating Obamacare is a mutually beneficial goal.

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