UNIONS STEP UP MASS MOBILIZATION FOR EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE, ENLIST AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS AS ALLIES


	UNIONS STEP UP MASS MOBILIZATION FOR EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE, ENLIST AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS AS ALLIES

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UNIONS STEP UP MASS MOBILIZATION FOR EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE, ENLIST AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS AS ALLIES

By Mark Gruenberg

PAI Staff Writer

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unions stepped up their mass mobilization to pressure Congress to pass the
Employee Free Choice Act, working over the 2-week legislative recess to lobby
lawmakers for the pro-worker bill.<SPAN> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN>And they unveiled a new round of
commercials to run nationwide for it, while enlisting African-American leaders
as key allies.<O:P></O:P></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ilcaonline.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/77716"><FONT size="3"><SPAN>           <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN>The object of the drive, which
ratcheted up as Congress left town April 4 for its Easter-Passover recess, was
to garner the needed 60 senators to overcome a planned GOP-led filibuster
against the measure, labor’s #1 legislative
priority.<O:P></O:P></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ilcaonline.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/77716"><FONT size="3"><SPAN>           <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN>The Employee Free Choice Act
would help level the playing field between workers and bosses in union
organizing and in bargaining first contracts.<SPAN> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN>It would do so by writing into
law that workers -- not bosses -- get to choose the way their union is
recognized in the workplace: Through a verified majority sign-up of
authorization cards or through an NLRB-run
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