Union Activists Welcome Edwards at Rally

[JohnLocke]

Union Activists Welcome Edwards at Rally
By Jesse J. Holland--Associated Press
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards got the catbird seat Wednesday in talking to union activists rallying in Washington, a position they say he earned by working for greater organizing rights for unions.
Edwards was the featured speaker at the legislative conference of the International Association of Machinists, which boasts more than 700,000 active and retired members in transportation, aerospace, manufacturing, shipbuilding and electronic industries.
The IAMAE will hear from other Democratic candidates - Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich - at a rally on the National Mall on Thursday. Edwards was treated like a favorite son, however, getting standing ovations every few minutes during his speech.
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Edwards told the crowd that as president he would ban permanent hiring of replacement workers, end tax breaks that encourage foreign outsourcing and tighten labor standards in trade agreements.
He also prodded Congress to push through the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier to form unions by requiring just a majority of workers to sign union cards instead of having to go through a now-required private ballot.
"I think if somebody can join the Republican Party by signing their names to a card, any worker in America ought to be able to join a union by doing exactly the same thing," Edwards said.
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[applegreen]

1. Union Activists Welcome Edwards at Rally

Again, as in so many other areas, what John Edwards says,
makes sense.  So much sense, and you wonder why the current
administration doesn't see the problems and keeps us headed in
the wrong directions. For example, John Edwards says we should
"end tax breaks that encourage foreign outsourcing."
Well, yes!

[Omaha Steve]

2. Sorry I missed this

I worked lated a couple of night this week, and didn't keep up on everything. Great post.