Unions

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Daniel Burnick

I have previously written about various aspects of the new administration and how it may impact on the growing presence of unions in Alabama and around the nation.  Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that union leadership is gathering this week in Miami to discuss their agenda, which is described as "ambitious".  At the top of the list is the Employee Free Choice Act legislation.  Recently appointed Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who met with the group on Monday, and is scheduled to meet with them again today, is quoted in the Wall Street Journal as saying "There is a new sheriff in town".  Vice President Biden is scheduled to meet with the group on Thursday. 

The fact that both Labor Secretary Solis and Vice President Biden are attending the meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council in person demonstrates the Obama administration's intent of increasing union presence in the American work force. 

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