tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629491318359343406.post6966484503539660661..comments2023-10-29T05:01:09.872-07:00Comments on Petaluma 4 Change: Rachel Maddow & SEIU President Andy Stern on EFCAPetaluma 4 Change (P4C)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12153432419326017484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629491318359343406.post-50521303909266096792009-03-11T10:50:00.000-07:002009-03-11T10:50:00.000-07:00frankstrategiesblog: Actually, we don't share the ...frankstrategiesblog: Actually, we don't share the same definitions for "busted pretty hard." Your video plays up a gangster image from the days in our history when Al Capone-like figures were sent off to Alcatraz to fearmonger a fine point in the bill that could easily be interpreted in many ways. The critical part of your argument simply brings up the arguable point of whether EFCA should be more strictly defined, which many think would constrict labor's ability to bargain, rather than protect it.<BR/><BR/>Bottom line: Workers should have the right to organize on their terms, not on employers' terms. Americans have been spoon-fed the anti-labor line for 40 years now that unions are bad for America. The critical truth is that the larger structure that holds labor, wages, health care, retirement funds, unemployment benefits, et al is not supporting America's working middle class. EFCA is simply one step in the direction to restore balance within this structure.<BR/><BR/>Anti-EFCA arguments that leave out fearmongering tactics would be easier to swallow.Petaluma 4 Change (P4C)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12153432419326017484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629491318359343406.post-67396473531235007402009-03-11T09:32:00.000-07:002009-03-11T09:32:00.000-07:00Actually, she gets busted pretty hard on this here...Actually, she gets busted pretty hard on this here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZkvNKy0twwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com