Union supporters protest in South Bend Wednesday
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Posted: 7:12 PM Jun 3, 2009
Union supporters protest in South Bend Wednesday
South Bend, IN
Some in the nation's capital are lobbying for more unions, and they took their fight to South Bend on Wednesday.
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Some in the nation's capital are lobbying for more unions, and they took their fight to South Bend on Wednesday.

The Employee Free Choice Act is becoming a hot topic on Capitol Hill and on Wednesday in South Bend it was the subject of a street picket.

Protestors say they want a change in the way unions organize in the future.

“Hopefully what ends up coming out of that is that workers will be given the opportunity to sign a card that says I want to join a union and I stand with my coworkers in wanting to join a union,” said Tim Thomas, of Indiana Change That Works. “And that once they have a majority of their coworkers that want to join, the opportunity will be afforded for them to join a union.”

Right now, when a majority of workers signs union cards, that simply leads to a secret ballot election that determines whether a union is recognized or not.



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