AFL-CIO Opposes Guest Worker Program
Excellent! I've been getting mixed messages from the unions. I don't know this so it's an assumption on my part, but my thinking is unions do better when labor is getting screwed over by business and don't do as well if business is treating their employees well. Hence, less reason to join a union if you don't have any real complaints. I'm hoping the Dems are paying attention to this.
The AFL-CIO, which represents 53 unions with more than 9 million members, is ratcheting up opposition to a temporary guest worker program, a key element of Bush’s immigration plan. At the same time, two powerful unions in a breakaway labor coalition, Change to Win, have tended to support the provision.
Labor political action committees contributed 86 percent of their donations to Democratic candidates, a total of $42 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Labor also aggressively waged get-out-the-vote efforts and other activities to help end 12 years of Republican control of Congress.
With its bolstered political clout, the AFL-CIO is better positioned to confront a powerful coalition of business groups that is pressing for a temporary worker program to bring in thousands of foreign workers each year.
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