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Biden Doesn’t Foresee Specter Changing Position on EFCA
Vice President Joe Biden got to know Sen . Arlen Specter pretty well on many Amtrak train rides they shared while commuting from Washington to their homes in Delaware and Pennsylvania …
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Specter Adds Name to List of Those Touting an EFCA Agreement
Sen . Arlen Specter , D-Pennsylvania, became the second senator in less than a week to indicate that a compromise on a controversial unionization …
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Labor Leaders Vow to Bring Employee Free Choice Act Bill with Card Check Provision to a Vote
… blocked it through a legislative maneuver. After wins in last fallâ s electionsâ and the defection of former GOP Sen . Arlen Specter to their party â Democrats now have 60 members in the Senate, enough to stop a filibuster. But itâ s been difficult …
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Labor's Agenda Set to Move to the Front Burner
… Pensions Committee, indicated this fall that the bill is “on the back burner” but still simmering. He and Sen . Arlen Specter , D-Pennsylvania, have asserted that a compromise has been reached that will get the bill through the Senate. Burger …
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Specter Tells Audiences What They Want to Hear on EFCA
… by blasts of health care hot air. On occasion, however, other issues have cropped up in constituent meetings. Sen . Arlen Specter , D-Pennsylvania, has had a couple opportunities to address the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would …
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Hidden Ramifications of the Employee Free Choice Act
… Act dead, I’m here to tell you that it is anything but that. Several weeks ago, in a swirl of hyperbole, Sen . Arlen Specter , a Pennsylvania Republican at the time (he has since switched to the Democratic Party), pronounced that he alone …
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Hollywood Helps EFCA, but the Biggest Celebrity Is Needed for the Rescue
… workers to form a union have battled to a stalemate. But they're still swinging away this week. On March 24, Sen . Arlen Specter , R-Pennsylvania, dealt a serious setback to supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act when he announced that …
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Labor Makes Push, but Business Groups Look to Check Card-Check Legislation
… filibuster in the Senate. Democrats failed to secure the 60 votes necessary to block the filibuster , but they did get Sen . Arlen Specter , R-Pennsylvania, to side with them in the 51-48 vote. Business groups now worry that if Democrats pick up …
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Treating the Nurse Shortage
… inconsequential, notes Rose Gonzalez, the ANA’s director of government affairs. In a letter sent in March to Sen . Arlen Specter , R-Pennsylvania, she notes that 17 percent of the current RN population in the U.S.—half a million nurses …
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Key Republican Senator Changes Position, Opposes EFCA
… current law, companies can demand a secret-ballot election monitored by the National Labor Relations Board. Sen . Arlen Specter , R-Pennsylvania, said that he is rejecting the bill because of the so-called card-check provision and another …
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Employee Free Choice Act Legislation Undergoing Changes During Negotiations
When Sen . Arlen Specter , D-Pennsylvania, recently switched parties, he vowed to remain opposed to a bill that would make it easier for workers to join …
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Union Bill Compromise Likely Coming After Memorial Day
… Department of Labor budget. â It doesnâ t look like weâ re going to make it.â Harkin is conducting talks with Sen . Arlen Specter , D-Pennsylvania, and other colleagues following Specterâ s decision last month to switch parties . Specterâ …
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Labor Issues Could Hinge on Topsy-Turvy Senate Race
… of labor issues over the next six years could hinge on an unusual primary election next month in Pennsylvania. Sen . Arlen Specter , a Republican from Pennsylvania, is a reliable Republican vote on most issues, and Republicans such as Majority …
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Is the Employee Free Choice Act Dead
… that there is serious doubt about whether it can reach the 60-vote threshold. Among the Democratic opponents are Sens. Arlen Specter , newly Democratic, of Pennsylvania, and Mark Pryor, D-Arkansas. “The Employee Free Choice Act is dead,” Pryor said …
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Franken's Vote May Not Be Good Enough for Card Check
… majority of employees signing cards and another that would establish mandatory arbitration for first contract negotiations. Arlen Specter , a newly minted Democrat from Pennsylvania who switched from the Republican Party in April, is one Democrat who opposes …
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Capitol Hill Immigration Talks Stalled
… are elevating the debate. Nevertheless, three Republicans were among the primary architects of the Senate bill—Sens. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Mel Martinez of Florida and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. President Bush generally supports the comprehensive …
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Employer Verification Highlighted in Advance of Senate Debate
… Some leading Republicans want Reid to delay the debate. Â In a May 9 letter to Reid, Sens. John McCain, R-Arizona, Arlen Specter , R-Pennsylvania, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Mel Martinez, R-Florida, wrote, â We are united in our …
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In the Cross Hairs UAW Contract
… Michigan, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Robert Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania, as well as Republicans George Voinovich of Ohio and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Voinovich calls the measure â the only game in town,â an aide told Automotive News last week. A senior …
