Video: Allen responds to the anti-EFCA ads
By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com ReporterAt a recent community dinner in Saco, U.S. Senate candidate Tom Allen (D-Portland) was asked about attack ads targeting him for his support of the Employee Free Choice Act. See the below video for his response.
The EFCA seeks to make it easier for workers to unionize by requiring that employers recognize them if organizers get a majority of the bargaining unit to sign authorization cards.
Incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor) has said she opposes the bill because it takes away the private ballot for workers.
“She strongly supports the right for workers to form unions,” Campaign manager Steve Abbott told PolitickerME in June, when the issue first emerged. The bill shows “A clear difference between the two candidates.”
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"Incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor) has said she opposes the bill because it takes away the private ballot for workers."
Except of course it DOESN'T. It adds an additional alternative method while taking away NOTHING.
Either she knows this and is lying or she doesn't know this and is just plain incompetent.
Standard Collins mealy mouthing.
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