• Dianne Feinstein,  Employee Free Choice Act

    California Senator Dianne Feinstein Comes Out Against Employee Free Choice Act – Card Check

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    This was little publicized but Democrat California United States Senator Dianne Feinstein announced on Friday that she opposed the Employee Free Choice Act – as it is currently written.

    Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office put out a low-ball statement Friday making clear she won’t be supporting the Employee Free Choice Act, the labor movement’s top congressional priority, at least in its present form.

    As a policy matter, the measure would make it easier for employees to organize unions; as a political one, it would give President Obama, who campaigned in support of the legislation, and majority Democrats in Congress, a visible achievement on behalf of workers at a time of seething public anger at CEOs and corporations.

    A co-sponsor of the legislation in the last Congress, Feinstein in recent days has been the target of an organized netroots campaign to pressure her into coming out in favor of the bill. The online effort came during a three-day Capitol Hill lobbying effort by the Teamsters, which sent a delegation to her office Thursday.

    While Feinstein does not face re-election until 2012 as a senator, her flip-flop on labor’s most crucial legislation would be problematic in a contested Democratic primary for governor — another sign that she is unlikely to enter the race for governor next year.

    Card Check appears to be dead this session of Congress.

    But, Feinstein has had conversions before. Remember Leon Panetta as CIA Director?

    The LEFT might not immediatley be pleased with DiFi but Flap’s bet is that Card Check will be re-written and she will then climb on board.


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  • Employee Free Choice Act

    Poll Watch: ONLY 9 Per Cent of Non-Union Workers Want to Join a Union

    So says the latest Rasmussen poll:

    Union members tend to believe that most workers want to join a labor union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of union members hold that view while only 18% disagree.

    But those who don’t belong to a union hold a different perspective. By a 56% to 14% margin, they believe that most workers do not want to belong to a union.

    As for personal preference, only nine percent (9%) of non-union workers would like to join a union. Eighty-one percent (81%) would not.

    Is there any wonder why the American Union Movement is pushing “Card Check” or the Employee Free Choice Act through the Congress?


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