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Statement from American Rights at Work Executive Director Mary Beth Maxwell 		Print

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2009

CONTACT:
Josh Goldstein
202-822-2127 x118
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WASHINGTON, DC— The Employee Free Choice Act is critical legislation that will restore our middle class and give workers back the freedom to bargain for a better life. The mission to restore our middle class has never been more important than it is right now.

Senator Specter has been a supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act including as an original cosponsor in 2005.  He has continually acknowledged the need for practical solutions to the huge barriers workers in our country face when trying to form a union. His statement today opposing an up or down vote and real discussion is inconsistent with his own record of support for working people.

We will continue to work with Democrats and Republicans to pass this vital legislation and make the economy work for everyone again.

 
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American Rights at Work – http://www.americanrightsatwork.org – is the nation's leading labor policy and advocacy organization dedicated to educating the American public about the barriers that workers face when they attempt to exercise their rights to freely and fairly form unions and engage in collective bargaining.