Employee Free Choice Act - needs your support

The Employee Free Choice Act which was blocked by Republicans and President Bush in the last Congress, was looking like it might pass with a new President, but President Obama doesn't seem to be very pro-labor right now and frankly I am disappointed. The President and the Democrats that support this bill NEED to lobby their colleuges in the Senate to get this bill on the floor for a cloture vote. 58 Votes will not cut it. This bill needs 60.

"Specter announced his opposition a day before a new Quinnipiac poll found him down 14 points to conservative former Rep. Pat Toomey, his likely primary opponent in the 2010 Pennsylvania Senate race. His defection left supporters scrambling to find a new way forward amid admissions that some changes are likely." reports POLITICO

"The most likely Republican supporters — Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and George Voinovich of Ohio — have already declared their opposition to the bill."

There is no better time to pass this legislation than now! With executive pay skyrocketting, workers being fired and laid off for frivaless things, a tough economy with a lot of uncertainty and businesses still engaging in union busting, the bill could really help not just the unionized workers of America but all labor. This legislation poses a threat to the status-quo. It could really help curb the exploitation on the average guy by executives.


Labor has been waiting for this bill for years and years. I think if labor doesn't get their way, There is going to be a fight! Labor may only be 11% of the constituents in this country, but it holds a lot of power in PAC money. I guarantee that if the bill doesn't get passed, or a luke-warm bill gets passed than you will see the most aggressive union movement in decades.

To add to that: This is just another Issue where the Republican Senate Campaign Committee is just trying to hold Franken out of office. He would be a very key vote on EFCA and subtracting a vote from the Dems on this one hurts.