Senate votes today on anti-union FAA bill. Tell Democrats not to cave.

Senate votes today on anti-union FAA bill. Tell Democrats not to cave.


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he Senate votes today on the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill—and as much as we need the FAA funded and open, we need 41 votes against this version of the bill. Since last summer, Democrats have stood strong against Republican attempts to make it all but impossible for airline workers to join unions through a provision that would have counted people who didn't vote in union representation elections as having voted no. But now, Harry Reid and Jay Rockefeller, the majority leader and the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, have signed off on a "compromise" proposed by Republicans. If you know one thing about today's congressional Republicans, though, you can guess it's no compromise.



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