Posts Tagged ‘News’

Twin Freaks

The Education and Labor Committee Republicans point to an important story in the Wall Street Journal with an intro:

The perils of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act are well known: it

More Card Check Reading

The reading pile is large these days as Labor Day has provided plenty of opportunity for taking stock of where organized labor stands. A couple more items:

Meanwhile, Keith Smith at Shopfloor has another entire round-up that tackles Gallup polling, the Washington Post, and the annual Labor Day report from the National Association of Manufacturers.

Card Check: All The News That’s Fit To Link

Disappearing Support for the Employee Free Choice Act?

A while back the Chamber of Commerce’s blog noted the self-serving support of the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act by a group of entirely unionized contractors — not an unbiased source. Now the Union Label Blog reports: “it looks like the AFL-CIO blog has pulled this story because now there is a 404 notice at the link that previously had this story.”

Hmm. It could be a tech glitch or an editorial decision or a thousand other things, but it’s good nonetheless to see a little less support for EFCA.

All The News That’s Fit To Link

Over at EFCAreport.com with today’s round-up.

Employee Free Choice Act: Not Out Of The Woods Yet

EFCAreport.com has this item they are describing as a must-read for employers and their representatives and, we have to say, we agree with the assessment. Click over to check out “Former NLRB Chairman Gould Calls For Increased Penalties, Quicker Elections and Limited Arbitration, While Criticizing Current Version of EFCA.”