Posted on Sep 03, 2008 by J. Justin Wilson
Labor historian Cal Winslow and former CWA national staffer Steve Early have strong words for the Service Employee’s national leaders in an article on Counterpunch: How did a national union culture, long touted as one of labor’s most dynamic and progressive, engender such a mess? How did it produce a Tyrone Freeman and the kind […]
Posted on Sep 02, 2008 by Mainers for Employee Freedom
Ron Bancroft, a strong Tom Allen supporter, has written an OpEd in today’s Portland Press Herald exposing the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act for what it is: an attack on traditional democratic values. This must come as a major blow to Allen, who has been attacking opponents of his bill as liars and anti-union. The […]
Posted on by Granite Staters for Employee Freedom
Jeanne Shaheen refuses to explain her support for the Employee Free Choice Act even on her way into the AFL-CIO breakfast and at a parade surrounded by teamsters. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXj0MMuqHK8[/youtube] If Jeanne Shaheen can’t defend her support of EFCA in front of union members it’s no wonder she has trouble justifying it in front of New […]
Posted on by Mainers for Employee Freedom
The Democrats just got back from Denver and for the few hours before John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate, all the media could talk about was Barack Obama’s rock star performance in front of 85,000 fans on Mount O-lympus. But do the millions of Americans who watched “The Chosen One” last Thursday […]
Posted on by Granite Staters for Employee Freedom
In Monday’s Manchester Union Leader, the editorial page has taken note of the Employee Free Choice Act, which they call an “Orwellian-named proposal [that] would actually remove free choice from the unionization decision.” The writer cuts to the heart of the issue when he writes: The act would allow shops to unionize by “card check.” […]
Posted on by Louisianians for Employee Freedom
In this first clip, Senator Mary Landrieu continues to evade questions about her support for the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act, blatantly ignoring a constituent’s question. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXZlnaUysdc[/youtube] In another encounter at a dinner event at Cafe JoJo’s in Morgan City, a college student asked Senator Landrieu why she supported the Employee Free Choice Act. Senator […]
Posted on by Granite Staters for Employee Freedom
Jeanne Shaheen’s campaign has accused her opponent of avoiding the issues. How ironic we have asked her several times about her support for the Employee Free Choice Act and the elimination of private ballots for workers only to have her dodge and evade our questions. Check out her responses here, here, and here. So before […]
