rssRightOnline Attendees Groan at Specter EFCA Switch
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 3:34 pm
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PITTSBURGH – Three days ago, a Pennsylvania voter thanked Sen. Arlen Specter (D-a.) for his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act. At the Americans for Prosperity-funded RightOnline conference, happening at a Sheraton only a mile away from Netroots Nation, the news of Specter’s statement that he’ll vote for cloture on EFCA (the position he held back in 2008, before Pat Toomey entered the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race).
The news really hit during a panel on “Forced Unionization,” with panelists quick to point out that “a vote for cloture is a vote for EFCA.” Attendees seemed to know that. When conservative new media guru David All asked his audience (at “Social Networking 101: Twitter and Facebook”) if they heard about the “breaking news about Arlen Specter on Twitter,” several people shouted “he’s going to vote yes on cloture!” Specter’s decision turned into an example of how to hashtag tweets and spread news and messaging.
Groups like the Workforce Fairness Institute, which had been a little somnolent lately as chances of a 2009 EFCA vote faded, are blasting out links to Specter’s previous stances on the issue. In March, TWI broke the news that Specter would filibuster card check.
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7 Comments
Comment posted August 14, 2009 @ 9:31 pm
Should be “Sen. Arlen Specter's (Turncoat-Penn),” shouldn't it?
Aw, hell. Was Arlen ever more than a RINO? Nah.
Comment posted August 14, 2009 @ 11:54 pm
Awesome. There's no reason free men should be prevented in any way from forming unions as they see fit.
Comment posted August 15, 2009 @ 12:27 am
There's also no reason why free men who don't want to be forced into a union should be prevented from casting a “No” ballot in the sort of privacy – secrecy – which we enjoy in a voting booth when we're electing a Senator or a President.
What EFCA is designed to do is to destroy the privacy of the secret ballot, and enable union thugs to strong-arm free men into union control.
Not so goddam “Awesome” when you look at the reality of it, is it, hilarys?
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Comment posted August 15, 2009 @ 2:11 pm
Agreed that free men can unionize as they see fit. But secret ballot is an inherent right and cannot be lost – on many levels. But I also think there is no reason employers should be forced to work with unions.
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