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Obama, Sec. of Labor to Appear by AFL-CIO Prez at Labor Day Rally

Aug31
 

It’s been announced that President Obama will be attending the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin next month. Along for the ride will be Sec. of Labor Hilda Solis.
This is one more effort of the Obama administration to shore up Big Labor’s support coming [...]

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AFL-CIO and SEIU to Spend Millions on Dems 2010 Election

Aug26
 

Two of America’s largest labor unions have joined forces and have announced a combined $88 million effort to fund Democrats in the upcoming midterm election cycle.
AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka has pledged to put more workers in the field than they did for either 2006 or [...]

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Obama Again Pushes Card Check

Aug6
 

Just after AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka reiterated support for Democrats in the Midterms, President Obama came out today with yet another promise to push the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) — also known as card check — through Congress in the ensuing days.
In an address [...]

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Speaker of House Recommits to Card Check

Jul30
 

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, recently appeared before the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and reaffirmed that she wants to push the woefully misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or card check, through the upcoming lame duck session of Congress.

This legislation [...]

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Dem Strategy: Lame Duck Push for Card Check and Other Things Voters Oppose

Jul9
 

We reported a few days ago that Iowa Senator, Democrat Tom Harkin is promising that the lame duck Democrats intend to push card check on the nation even as voters have overwhelmingly opposed it.
Well, John Fund of the Wall Street Journal is also warning that [...]

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