Video Clips: DLC Backs Bill on Workers’ Freedom to Form Unions

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/09/06/video-clips-dlc-backs-bill-on-workers-freedom-to-form-unions/

Video Clips: DLC Backs Bill on Workers’ Freedom to Form Unions

Workers picked up some high-powered support for legislation to strengthen their freedom to choose union representation today when the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) endorsed the Employee Free Choice Act. This is the first time the AFL-CIO and the DLC, whose ranks include 60 members of Congress, have worked together on a major bill. Check out excerpts from the DLC’s news conference Sept. 6 endorsing the union movement-backed legislation.

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AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
“Our current laws are a nightmare that not only allow – but encourage – lengthy and confrontational campaigns aimed at snuffing out workers’ choice.”
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Gov. Tom Vilsack
“Everyone who is willing to work hard and play by the rules deserves a chance to get ahead.”
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AFSCME President Gerald McEntee
“This is about treating workers with respect. Workers should be able to form a union without being harassed, intimidated or fired.”
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by James Parks

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[MannyGoldstein]

1. Holy $%&@!

This is a good sign!

If the "Always in the middle. Always." DLC can support pro-union legislation, then the polls that they live and die by must have shown that an actual left wing has emerged in the US that the DLC can triangulate against.