Obama, Democrats Deal Setback To Airline Workers

Theresa Moran
February 16, 2012
AFA-CWA members rallied in Houston this summer. They targeted Republicans who led the effort to hold FAA funding hostage to anti-union amendments. Now the Democrats have OK’d changes. Photo: CWA.

Two years after President Obama and Democrats abandoned labor’s much-anticipated Employee Free Choice Act, they have refused to block Republicans intent on making life miserable for airline and rail workers.

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