AFL-CIO removes EFCA banner from its DC HQ

Giving up the ship? Yesterday, the US Chamber of Commerce disovered that the giant banner touting the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, the sneaky labor-backed legislation that will strip workers of the right to a secret ballot election when asked if they want to join a union.

On the other hand, Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, appears to be seeking an even sneakier method of forcing EFCA down the throats of American workers.

[Trumka] also said he hasn't given up on Congress passing the Employee Free Choice Act, a controversial labor-backed bill that would make it far easier for unions to organize. "We're looking at ways to bring that up as we speak right now, to look at things to attach it to,' Trumka said." (Rick Klein, "AFL-CIO President: Wall Street 'Destroyed 11 Million Jobs,'" ABC News, 4/29/10) 

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