U.S. workers can now win recognition for a union if either:

– 30% of them signup for an NLRB secret-ballot election, or

– a majority of them signup for that union.

But, under current law, employers can reject unions chosen by majority signup and insist instead on NLRB elections. Under the EFCA, they could no longer do so.

I’ve been on the phone with Statesman reporter on this this afternoon and he has put in a call to Speaker Straus

ACORN

Alliance for Justice

Alliance for Retired Americans

American Friends Service Committee

American Library Association – Allied Professional Association

American Public Health Association

American Rights at Work

Americans for Democratic Action

Americans United for Change

A. Phillip Randolph Institute

Apollo Alliance

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

Black Alliance for Just Immigration

Brazillian Immigrant Center

Bread & Roses Heritage Committee

Buffalo Musicians Federation

Buffalo Police Benevolent Association

Buffalo Teachers Federation

California Church Impact

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

Catholic Labor Network

Catholics United

Center for American Progress

Center for America’s Future

Center for Community Change

Center for Corporate Policy

Centro Presente

Chicago Coalition of the Homeless

Church Women United

Clergy and Laity Network United for Justice

Coalition for Social Justice (Boston)

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Coalition of Contingent Academics Labor

Coalition of Labor Union Women

Council on American-Islamic Relations

Coalition on Human Needs

Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety

Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (Boston)

• Force voters to attend their campaign rallies. Have you seen the McCain factory visits photo ops?

• Fire, intimidate and harrass their opponent’s supporters or deny them raises. Have you seen any Real Liberals on TV before KO and Rachel notice the GOPers are never called out in the media when they lie. Liberals do not get MSM jobs until recently

• Prevent their opponent from campaigning in the daytime. Well I have seen the GOP stop an election recount in Florida.

• And, if an opponent wins the election fairly, delay that person from taking office
for months or years. Bush stopped Gore cold, stole the election from Kerry and Al Franken is still not a Senator

If this type of election doesn’t sound free, fair and democratic, that’s because it isn’t. Corporations have a captive audience and hold all the power.

Agreed

We have been subjected to comments such as this one from Bill Hammond, the head of the Texas Association of Businesses, he of Delay/TRMPAC money laundering scandal notoriety. Hammond compares the unemployment money from Washington to an overture from a drug dealer.

“it’s like a drug dealer. The dealer gives you the first hit for free to get you hooked, and then you are addicted and are paying the consequences for a long, long time.”

Perry sounded the same “alarm”, stating:

“This is exactly how addicts get hooked on drugs.”

Ain’t no one more conservative than Governor Goodhair Rick Perry (You listening, Jindal?)!

Best of all was Republican Myra Crownover, chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, told us:

“I do think that unemployment can change the way people think.”

The Texas Unemployment Fund’s assets, in develops, have been grossly over reported and the it is far below the legally required minimum. But we certainly wouldn’t want Texans enjoying the luxurious life of the unemployed to have a change in their thinking. Thank goodness we have Republicans to guard against slacker unemployed. Why unemployment benefits in Texas are so generous that over 60,000 Texans decided to quit workingget laid off just last Month.

In case you were wondering, Marie Antoinette actually was misquoted, she really said “Let them eat cock!”, a concept all too enthusiastically embraced by the reprobate Southern Governors. I hope every single one of their supporters gets to enjoy their short lived unemployment benefits, I’d actually prefer they refused to acept them and live on nothing, because they are all winners, hate Unions, and can just get along just fine as long the Government stays out of their lives. They have told us this for so many years, it must be true.