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Organized labor mad at Burris over union legislation
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| Last Edited | COSDem Feb 17, 2009 06:36pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As if he wasn't dealing with enough this week, newly appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) is coming in for heavy criticism from some of President Barack Obama's biggest backers in organized labor.
Union leaders are blasting Burris, saying he has not yet taken a clear position on legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize into unions.
When he was a U.S. senator, Obama had been a sponsor of the proposal, called the Employee Free Choice Act.
Dennis Gannon, head of the Chicago Federation of Labor, said he was frustrated after a recent meeting with a Burris aide who indicated that Obama's replacement in the Senate has not yet decided where he stands on the issue.
"The junior senator from Illinois has puzzled all of labor," Gannon said Monday. "You would think he would be out in front, agreeing to be a co-sponsor and saying he’ll vote for it. It’s time for him to step to the plate and make a decision on the most important piece of legislation for labor in 40 years." |
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