Sen. Tim Johnson is improving
It seems that Senator Johnson is going through rehabilitative treatment and is recovering slowly...good news for the Senator, his family and THE ENTIRE FREE WORLD. Here is the story:
View ArticleAction Alert: Employee Free Choice Act
There has been a building voice in the blogs surrounding the Employee Free Choice Act. PaulVA,along with other labor Kossacks, has been posting all month about the EFCA which recently made it out of...
View ArticleSD-Sen Tim Johnson moved to Rehab facility!
It seems our ailing ally, Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota, is continuing to improve, if ever so slowly. Just to recap, Sen. Johnson collapsed from a brain hemorrhage on Dec. 13th of last year,...
View ArticleAction: Employee Free Choice Act - Sign the Petition!!!
The Democratic Party is circulating a petition calling for members of congress to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act tomorrow on the floor of the House. If you sign it, you will do a great service...
View ArticleAction: Employee Free Choice Act *or* How to SMASH a Senate Filibuster!
As we all know (or should know) by now, the Employee Free Choice Act passed the House 241 to 185. That is roughly 56.6%. Translated into Senate terms, that percentage would be 57 votes at best, 3...
View ArticleObama Makes A Big Promise: Employee Free Choice Act will pass the Senate
The AFL-CIO blog reported Saturday that Sen. Barack Obama appeared at an ASFCME rally before 2,000 green shirted union members in Chicago. James Parks reported the following: The crowd, which...
View ArticleEMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT VOTE TUESDAY! Sign the Petitions!
Cross-posted from Lose the Label I know there has been good coverage (finally!) on DKos of the EFCA but I wanted to do my part to enlist some more signers for the petitions and or calling your...
View ArticleIf you could pass the Employee Free Choice Act for $100....would you?
As the title of this post asks....if you knew that a $100 would guarantee the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, would you donate $100 (or any amount for that matter) right now? Would you tell...
View ArticleSpecter to vote AGAINST Employee Free Choice Act (UPDATED x 3)
TAKE ACTION! Join the AFL-CIO's effort to pass the EFCA! Join the largest pro-EFCA Facebook group/cause! This is BAD news. Grover Norquist and the right wing group Americans for Tax Reform is...
View ArticleCalifornia Special Election: Just Say No (This is your state on drugs)
There's been some discussion on this site of the upcoming special election in California. We all remember the massive budget disaster fight recently in this state. And now the voters of the Golden...
View Article(NEW Updates x 4) Specter to Support Employee Free Choice Act
UPDATE (actually other updates below, but this one should go at the top): Here is the PASS EFCA NOW!! bumper sticker from the AFL-CIO store. h/t FakeNews It appears that Sen. Harkin's office...
View ArticleFeinstein and Specter Announce EFCA Compromise (UPDATESx7)
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE UPDATES FOR DETAILS ON WHY THIS COMPROMISE SUCKS There has been some buzz already but today Senators Specter and Feinstein officially announced that they have reached a...
View ArticleWinner-Take-All: Tip the GOP Primary to Trump
Dems can push the GOP primary to Trump if we’re up for some mischief. Before you start hyperventilating, know that I’m just floating the idea because it’s fun to bat it around. I’m not convinced one...
View ArticleKossacks! Help me make a list of Republicans who called Trump a...
I’m sure you have all seen right-wingers on TV call progressives “fascist” or assert the absurd fallacy that fascism is a left-wing ideology.I have a plan to shoot this down once and for all:Help me...
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