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Three Big Retailers To Back Proposal On Union Bill -- EFCA


Business  (tags: Costco, Starbucks, Union Bill, Unions, Whole Foods, EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act, Business News )

Blue
- 273 days ago - online.wsj.com
Three big retailers are expected to back an alternative proposal next week on a hotly contested bill that would make it easier to unionize workplaces, a move some experts said would bolster the legislation's chance of passage.
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Blue Bunting (855)
Sunday March 22, 2009, 2:44 pm
Costco Wholesale Corp., Starbucks Corp. and Whole Foods Market Inc. are supporting the alternative proposal, according to someone familiar with the effort. Ray Krupin, a management labor lawyer in Washington said the most likely compromise would allow employees to unionize if 70% of them sign union-authorization cards, as opposed to 50% as currently proposed in the Employee Free Choice Act.

Read the whole story: Wall Street Journal
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Sunday March 22, 2009, 2:55 pm
Sensen-no-sen:Which
points to the Demise of Civilization? The Employee Free Choice Act or
the cheap exaggerations and outright lies from its most vocal
detractors?
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Sunday March 22, 2009, 3:50 pm
UpdateThe AFl-CIO also signaled its wariness of the proposal. “We expect to pass it the way it is now," said Stewart Acuff, an assistant to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Sunday March 22, 2009, 4:11 pm

After Years Of Lies, WSJ Concedes That Employee Free Choice Act 'Doesn't Remove The Secret-Ballot Option'


The acknowledgment by the WSJ that the legislation doesn't eliminate the
option of a secret-ballot election is surprising given that it has been one of the most aggressive pushers of the false meme:
 

JOSSIE ROSS (68)
Monday March 23, 2009, 1:05 pm
NOTED...
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Friday March 27, 2009, 6:39 pm


Joe The Plumber Enlisted To Campaign Against Employee Free Choice Act
 
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