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McWherter's Plan Supports Job Creation and Organized Labor
Mike McWherter, Tennessee’s Democratic candidate for governor, talked about his plan to help Tennessee’s working families before a group of about three dozen labor leaders at the Chattanooga Building & Construction Trades Council meeting on Thursday.
The crowd was made up of police, firefighters, electricians, construction workers, and a host of other skilled trade workers and public employees – all of whom wanted to know about McWherter’s plan for job creation, better paying jobs, and his commitment to organized labor and collective bargaining.
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Posted By: Mark Naccarato on 8/20/2010 12:57:00 AM
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TN Dems Stand Up to Supreme Court Decision That Lets Corporations Buy Our Democracy
From
The Tennessean blog:
In the wake of the
horrible U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Citizens United v. FEC, Tennessee Democratic legislators are responding by filing bills that would require corporations to publicly disclose all political donations in Tennessee.
The pair of bills from Rep.
Kent Coleman (D-Murfreesboro) and Sen.
Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga) would require corporations “to file a disclosure statement including the names and addresses of all corporate officers, directors and shareholders; names and addresses of lobbyists employed by the corporation; a detailed list of lobbying expenses; and the contracts the company has with state or local government.” Corporations would also have to include a tag line at the end of advertisements stating that they paid for a political ad.
SEIU is opposed to the Citizens United decision and strongly urges Tennessee legislators in both parties to support Coleman and Berke's bill.
Posted By: Mark Naccarato on 1/30/2010 11:22:00 AM
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