Employee Free Choice Act May Be Introduced in Congress March 9

Rumors have started to swirl from multiple sources that Representative George Miller (D-California) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) may introduce the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) in the House and possibly the Senate this coming Monday, March 9.

The AFL-CIO Executive Council is meeting in Miami this week. On March 2 and 3, new Labor Secretary Hilda Solis met with the group. Several sources from that meeting report that EFCA will be introduced on March 9. President Obama addressed the meeting by video on March 3 as well, telling participants, "We will pass the Employee Free Choice Act." Vice President Biden will be meeting with the group on March 5. In addition, Democrats on the Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee have scheduled a hearing for March 10 touting the "benefits" of unionization, and featuring several pro-EFCA witnesses.

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