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The Employee Free Choice Act is absolutely necessary to help workers rebuild the economy, according to a statement signed by 230 economists.
In the statement, many of America’s top economists, including Nobel Prize laureates, explain why the new law to protect workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain is more than desirable—it’s essential. Released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the statement builds on a February call for the legislation that has gathered growing support among economists.
The 230 economists, coming from top institutions in 33 states, point to the erosion of working family incomes as a key factor in our economic crisis—and the need for the freedom of workers to bargain collectively, without fear of management abuses, as key to recovery. The signers say:
As economists, we believe this is a critically important step in rebuilding our economy and strengthening our democracy by enhancing the voice of working people in the workplace.
These economists join hundreds of academics and other experts from across the country, from historians to business professors, as well as a broad coalition of faith, environmental, small business and civil rights groups, who are supporting the Employee Free Choice Act.
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Bad news for EFCA!!!!! Senator Durbin, majority whip, told Ed Schultz that if Franken were sworn in they still would only have 58 possible Democratic votes for cloture on any issue. The reason, Durbin says, is that neither Kennedy or Byrd are healthy enough to make it to the Senate floor to vote.
Hey Vinnie,
Dick Durbin is my senator, and I like him alot, but he is not being forthright about EFCA. Find out who the “Democratic” Leadership Council is, and which members of Congress belong to it. They are basically the GOP with the side of abortion. The only difference is that the DLC Dems deliver (not for us) for the pro-choicers, while the GOP doesnt deliver on abortion bans because the pro-life vote is too valuable a commodity in the voting booth.
If that Blanche Senator from Arkansas is a Democrat, then so is Sarah Palin. 2010 STATE BALLOT INITIATIVE.
Congress gets paid a buck eighty a year to vote - but they DONT vote, so it’s up to us!