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Card Checks Dropped From Card-Check Bill
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- The so-called "card-check" bill no longer includes its namesake card checks. Labor-friendly Democratic senators have agreed to ditch a central part of the union-organizing measure to ensure its passage, the
New York Times
reports. The controversial provision would have required employers to recognize a union when a majority of...
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- Sen. Arlen Specter said today he won't support the Employee Free Choice Act, delivering a serious setback to the much-watched labor initiative, the
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