Republicans are just saying “no” to the president’s budget plans without offering their own alternative.

Republicans and Corporate Front Groups such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace are just saying “no” to Workers Rights without offering their own alternative.

Republicans and Corporate Front Groups such as The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace are just saying “no” to The Employee Free Choice Act without offering their own alternative.

If Republicans and Corporate Front Groups such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace continue to say "no" and threaten to seek Cloture on the Employee Free Choice Act, then its time to ask the White House use a "Reconciliation" under Congressional Rule to eliminate the Republicans' power to block legislation.



WASHINGTON - EFCA/PRNEWS-The EFCA, seen as one of the most important pieces of legislation in support of labor rights in a generation, was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on March 10th. The bill would allow unions to form when a majority of workers sign cards -- a process dubbed "card check" -- as opposed to drawn-out National Labor Board elections in which companies frequently subject workers to harassment and intimidation (the recent battle at Smithfield Foods in North Carolina being a sharp example of years of employer intimidation that jeopardized union elections.)

The EFCA is being called labor's number one priority this year, and labor rights advocates say that the act's passage could help to restore the balance between workers in their negotiations with employers. Although, the legislation is expected to sail through the House, the question remains whether the bill will get the 60 votes needed to prevent a Republican filibuster in the Senate. The act was first introduced in 2003 and won approval by a wide margin in the House in March 2007, but a Republican filibuster prevented it from coming up for a vote in the Senate. The bill also faced a veto threat from the Bush White House.



Today Powerful Corporate Front Groups such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, Chamber of Commerce, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), and Save our Secret Ballot are spending millions of dollars in one of the biggest Anti-Union Busting campaign in history hoping to wrench public opinion in their direction by spreading misinformation, about the Employee Free Choice Act.

These same Powerful Corporate Front Groups are also embarked on a multi-million dollar public Union Busting Fear and Intimidation campaign against targeted Senators in key states that included polling, television, radio and internet ads and direct mailin an effort to pressure them to vote against Cloture and The Employee Free Choice Act.

If these same Powerful Corporate Front Groups continue to use these Union Busting Fear and Intimidation campaign against these targeted Senators then maybe its time to ask the Labor Friendly White House to enact "Reconciliation" under Congressional Rule to to Bypass any Filibuster Rule in Senate if Republicans Seek Cloture on EFCA. By doing so we could eliminate the Republicans' power to block legislation on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) by asking for a simple majority vote of the Senate.

The "reconciliation" process which allows measures to pass the Senate on simple majority votes is nothing new. The legislative tactic is being considered to push through President Obama's global warming and health care programs, and perhaps his proposals to raise taxes on the wealthy.

Members of Congress are bracing for a political donnybrook should the Democrats use the reconciliation process to sidestep the Republicans and their power of the filibuster in the Senate on the Employee Free Choice Act. Under normal Senate rules, it requires 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to shut off debate and force a final vote. Democrats currently have 58 Senate votes. Under reconciliation, 51 votes can force anything through.

There is plenty of historical precedent of using it by both parties, including Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, who used it force through big tax cuts.

"Pretty much every major piece of budget legislation going back to April 1981, April '82, April 1990, April 1993, the 1990 act, the 2001 tax legislation, they were all done through reconciliation.

The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace is made up of more than 500 associations and organizations from every state across the nation that have joined together to protect a Employers right to "Demand a Private Ballot Election" when workers decide whether or not to join or form a union. In 2008, CDW embarked on a multi-million dollar public Union Busting Fear and Intimidation campaign in key states that included polling, television, radio and internet ads and direct mail.



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Source: http://efcanow.blogspot.com/

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