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Edwards Endorses Oregon Free Choice Bill |
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| John Edwards speaks at an AFL-CIO presidential forum in Seattle. | |
Presidential candidate John Edwards has endorsed a bill pending in the Oregon Legislature that would enable public-sector employees to join a union if a majority signs cards or petitions expressing that desire. This process already is in use in Oregon, but the choice of whether to use it is currently in the hands of the employer. The bill, H.B. 2891, would allow the workers to choose.
The statewide Blue Oregon blog quotes a letter from Edwards to Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain in which he says:
I am convinced that if individuals can join the Republican or Democratic parties by simply signing their names to a card, any worker in America ought to be able to join a union by doing exactly the same thing.
Click here to read the whole Blue Oregon blog post.
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