rssSpecter Trails Toomey in Pennsylvania Senate Race
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:48 am
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The Quinnipiac poll, taken before Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) switched his EFCA vote, finds the venerable moderate trailing conservative challenger Pat Toomey. Only 27 percent of Republicans remember who Toomey is, but he leads Specter 41-27 in a Senate primary.
Specter’s problems haven’t changed since last month. By a 59-36 margin, voters approve of Specter’s vote for the stimulus package — it’s popular in every area of the state. But Republicans oppose Specter’s stimulus vote 70-25.
The only bright spot for Specter is that the poll doesn’t include Peg Luksik, the fringe Republican and former Constitution Party candidate who entered the race before Toomey (who still hasn’t officially declared). Still, Specter would have to get more than 27 percent of the vote to win a three-way primary, especially when Luksik looks like a token candidate.
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Comment posted March 25, 2009 @ 8:09 am
EFCA Senator Specter A victim of FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion Tactics
by Employee Free Choice Act News
Wednesday Mar 25th, 2009 7:08 AM
Employee Free Choice Act: Senator Specter is No Different than a Worker Faced with an Employer Union Busting FEAR Campaign.
In an essay Senator Specter recently wrote for the Harvard Journal on Legislation, he states that for people like himself, “finding a practical solution is more important than political posturing.” That's why we're dismayed by those who say they support the democratic process, yet refuse to allow meaningful debate and a democratic vote on critical legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act.
Yesterday Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) had a change of heart after he announced that he would support a filibuster this year in an attempt to block the legislation from coming to a Senate floor vote.
What made Senator Specter change his mind after years of supporting cloture and the Employee Free Choice Act?
Surprisingly to most Senator Specter who was a sponsor of the original Employee Free Choice Act in 2003, supported the bill again in 2005 and voted against a Republican filibuster of it in 2007, was the newest victim to feel the wrath of a powerful union busting campaign built on FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion by Corporate Front Groups such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace who have embarked on a multi-million dollar public Union Busting campaign, against workers rights, the Employee Free Choice Act and targeted senators in key states that included polling, television, radio, Internet ads and direct mail.
Like most union campaigns workers who originally support unionization are faced with an all out assault by Employers who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in hiring Union Busting consultants who's job is to instill FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion tactics in an effort to defeat these workers from forming or joining a union.
Senator Specter who faced a primary from his own republican party caved into the pressure by these Corporate Front Groups NOT because he doesn't believe in the Employee Free Choice Act and workers rights, NOT because he doesn't believe in democracy or the right to debate legislation that could improve the lives of millions of working Americans but because the FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion tactics were enough for him to bare.
While labor unions such as the AFL-CIO, SEIU, USW, UAW, Teamsters, Change to Win and the SPFPA continue to fight for The Employee Free Choice Act, which has now become the biggest Union Busting campaign in history, the record will show that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) like many workers who originally support unionization, higher wages, better benefits, better working conditions, a voice on the job, can be persuaded to vote against their beliefs if enough FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion tactics and pressure is bestowed upon them either by an Employer or a Corporate Front Group such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace.
Senator Specter new position denouncing the Employee Free Choice Act on the senate floor yesterday is just one more reason why both congress and the senate need to pass the Employee Free Choice Act NOW!
For more information on Employer Intimidation and Union-Busting FEAR Tactics Press Below
http://efcanow.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-say-no…
http://www.TheTruthAboutEFCA.Org
Tags: Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, Free Choice Act, Employee Free Choice, EFCA, Sen. Specter, Free Choice, Employee Free Choice Act Information, FEAR, Intimidation, Coercion, union busting, union avoidance, Corporate Front Groups, Employer Intimidation, Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, AFL-CIO, SEIU, USW, UAW, Teamsters, Change to Win, SPFPA
Comment posted March 25, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
EFCA Senator Specter A victim of FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion Tactics
by Employee Free Choice Act News
Wednesday Mar 25th, 2009 7:08 AM
Employee Free Choice Act: Senator Specter is No Different than a Worker Faced with an Employer Union Busting FEAR Campaign.
In an essay Senator Specter recently wrote for the Harvard Journal on Legislation, he states that for people like himself, “finding a practical solution is more important than political posturing.” That's why we're dismayed by those who say they support the democratic process, yet refuse to allow meaningful debate and a democratic vote on critical legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act.
Yesterday Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) had a change of heart after he announced that he would support a filibuster this year in an attempt to block the legislation from coming to a Senate floor vote.
What made Senator Specter change his mind after years of supporting cloture and the Employee Free Choice Act?
Surprisingly to most Senator Specter who was a sponsor of the original Employee Free Choice Act in 2003, supported the bill again in 2005 and voted against a Republican filibuster of it in 2007, was the newest victim to feel the wrath of a powerful union busting campaign built on FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion by Corporate Front Groups such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace who have embarked on a multi-million dollar public Union Busting campaign, against workers rights, the Employee Free Choice Act and targeted senators in key states that included polling, television, radio, Internet ads and direct mail.
Like most union campaigns workers who originally support unionization are faced with an all out assault by Employers who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in hiring Union Busting consultants who's job is to instill FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion tactics in an effort to defeat these workers from forming or joining a union.
Senator Specter who faced a primary from his own republican party caved into the pressure by these Corporate Front Groups NOT because he doesn't believe in the Employee Free Choice Act and workers rights, NOT because he doesn't believe in democracy or the right to debate legislation that could improve the lives of millions of working Americans but because the FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion tactics were enough for him to bare.
While labor unions such as the AFL-CIO, SEIU, USW, UAW, Teamsters, Change to Win and the SPFPA continue to fight for The Employee Free Choice Act, which has now become the biggest Union Busting campaign in history, the record will show that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) like many workers who originally support unionization, higher wages, better benefits, better working conditions, a voice on the job, can be persuaded to vote against their beliefs if enough FEAR, Intimidation and Coercion tactics and pressure is bestowed upon them either by an Employer or a Corporate Front Group such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace.
Senator Specter new position denouncing the Employee Free Choice Act on the senate floor yesterday is just one more reason why both congress and the senate need to pass the Employee Free Choice Act NOW!
For more information on Employer Intimidation and Union-Busting FEAR Tactics Press Below
http://efcanow.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-say-no…
http://www.TheTruthAboutEFCA.Org
Tags: Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, Free Choice Act, Employee Free Choice, EFCA, Sen. Specter, Free Choice, Employee Free Choice Act Information, FEAR, Intimidation, Coercion, union busting, union avoidance, Corporate Front Groups, Employer Intimidation, Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, AFL-CIO, SEIU, USW, UAW, Teamsters, Change to Win, SPFPA
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Comment posted February 19, 2010 @ 10:51 am
Funny.. Specter was a dem them a republican, then back to a dem. He's far from moderate when you're asking residents in the conservative”t” of PA. Also, he's 80 years old and a lifetime politician. Pennsylvanians want new and conservative leadership in washington and harrisburg! Specter was part of the Kennedy warren commission! He's been there too long. The only moderate to be successful (if he would run) is Tom Ridge.
Comment posted February 19, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
Funny.. Specter was a dem them a republican, then back to a dem. He's far from moderate when you're asking residents in the conservative”t” of PA. Also, he's 80 years old and a lifetime politician. Pennsylvanians want new and conservative leadership in washington and harrisburg! Specter was part of the Kennedy warren commission! He's been there too long. The only moderate to be successful (if he would run) is Tom Ridge.
Comment posted May 19, 2010 @ 4:30 am
I would have voted gop this coming election,Then they went and played ostrich,for the last 16 mo s they have had there head in the sand,non participation is just as bad as showing up for work,getting paid and doing nothing,it is time they look past President Obamas color and work with the guy.He is no doubt one of most intelligent men that has been in office since kennedy,If they would give a little they would be able to get something Done!!!!!!!!
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