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March 5, 2009

Study: Illegal Firings Linked to Union Votes
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A new study has found an increased rate of illegal firings when
workplaces vote on joining unions. The Center for Economic and Policy
Research says more than one-fourth of union representation elections
held this decade have been marred with an illegal firing of a pro-union
worker. Pro-union workers were fired in 26 percent of union election
campaigns, up from 16 percent in the last half of the 1990s. Labor
unions are currently seeking passage of the Employee Free Choice Act,
which would make it easier for workers to join unions. President Obama
said this week he supports the measure.



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