slacker921
03-10-2009, 06:53 AM
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas defied her state’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in 2007 by voting to make it easier for workers to join unions. This year, she may spurn organized labor.
Lincoln and fellow Democrats Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana have expressed doubts about the so- called card-check legislation, threatening party unity that supporters need to overcome Republican opposition.
Labor has made the measure its top legislative goal after spending $100 million to help Democrats strengthen control of Congress and win the White House last year. The legislation, backed by President Barack Obama, is testing some Democrats’ loyalty to labor and the administration.
“Right now, my number one priority is strengthening our state’s economy and putting 90,000 jobless Arkansans back to work,” Lincoln said in a statement.
..... more (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZlpZBx4Y_DM&refer=us)
now THIS could get interesting.
EFCA would crush many national retailers who operate on razor thin margins would not be able to offset the dramatic rise in labor costs. On the other hand.... if inflation does kick in (and I think it will) then the workers are going to be screaming for better pay and the companies will be suffering from higher taxes and trying desperately to raise prices to meet increasing costs (fuel, cost of products from suppliers, etc).
Lincoln and fellow Democrats Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana have expressed doubts about the so- called card-check legislation, threatening party unity that supporters need to overcome Republican opposition.
Labor has made the measure its top legislative goal after spending $100 million to help Democrats strengthen control of Congress and win the White House last year. The legislation, backed by President Barack Obama, is testing some Democrats’ loyalty to labor and the administration.
“Right now, my number one priority is strengthening our state’s economy and putting 90,000 jobless Arkansans back to work,” Lincoln said in a statement.
..... more (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZlpZBx4Y_DM&refer=us)
now THIS could get interesting.
EFCA would crush many national retailers who operate on razor thin margins would not be able to offset the dramatic rise in labor costs. On the other hand.... if inflation does kick in (and I think it will) then the workers are going to be screaming for better pay and the companies will be suffering from higher taxes and trying desperately to raise prices to meet increasing costs (fuel, cost of products from suppliers, etc).