Republican thwart majority rule over Employee Free Choice Act by denying Senators their right to vote
June 26, 2007
A 51-48 Senate majority backed the Employee Free Choice Act
today, but Republican opposition killed the bill’s chance to
move forward. The 51-48 vote means the Senate voted for what is
known as cloture or shutting off debate. Sixty votes were needed
to shut off debate and move to vote on the full bill. So even
though a majority of the Senate voted for cloture, a small group
of Republicans denied workers a free choice to join a union.
Without passage of the bill, America?s workers will continue to
face unchecked employer harassment and intimidation when they
seek to form a union.
The freedom of workers to join a union now becomes a
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