This morning, in Pittsburgh (where yours truly is), everyone is awaiting the speech by John Wilhelm, president of Unite-Here who will announce that the union is re-affiliation with the AFL-CIO. This is probably the first step in the end of Change To Win–I’d guess the Laborers and the UFCW will be soon to follow […]
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Baucus’ Bill–Piece of Crap DAY #2
Posted on 17 September 2009.
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So Much For The “Card Check” Bill
Posted on 17 July 2009.
I have had my doubts, as expressed here over these many months, about the Employee Free Choice Act–whether it would do what the labor movement said it would do (unleash organizing of millions of workers) and, most important, whether it would pass in its proposed form. Well, you can forget about the latter […]
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Whistling Through The Graveyard On EFCA
Posted on 11 March 2009.
Yesterday, I pointed out that the math being used to figure out whether the Employee Free Choice Act would pass is a bit flawed, particularly as it relates to the Senate. Today, the New York Times has an article about yesterday’s introduction of the bill, which says this: Republican and business strategists said some […]
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Will Obama Landslide Cost Democrats Out West?
Posted on 24 October 2008.
This is a modest observation that comes from an optimist–my friends say delusional optimist–that an Obama landslide is coming. Here’s the question: if it happens, will too many Democratic-inclined voters stay home in the three Western states and cost Democrats some close, important races? A few initial thoughts: The Obama campaign, if […]
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The $10 Billion Republican Debacle: Democratic Wave Maker
Posted on 13 June 2008.
Look no further for evidence that Congressional Republicans will be buried in 2008 then the vote yesterday to extend unemployment benefits. Republicans are threatening to block the bill in the Senate and/or President 28 Percent is promising to veto the bill. Please do–and stand back to usher in a filibuster-proof Democratic Senate and a huge […]
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What Is Labor’s Plan Now?
Posted on 28 June 2007.
   Okay, no surprise, the Employee Free Choice Act is dead. I’ve gotten no fewer than a dozen e-mails from various politicians and organizations, including the AFL-CIO and Change To win, hailing the Senate vote because a majority–51 senators–voted to let the bill proceed i.e., to cut off the filibuster. Here’s what John Sweeney had […]
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