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May 12th, 2009 4:20 pm
Rove Speech Sparks Labor TensionBy Jeff Muniz /
WEEKA controversial figure from the Bush Administration comes to Peoria and creates a controversy on Monday. Karl Rove's speech stirs up tension between local labor leaders and businesses.
Union members pack onto the corner of the Pere Marquette. Inside, Karl Rove speaks out against the Employee Free Choice Act to about 40 business leaders. Outside, about 200 union members speak out in support of the bill.
"They're supposed to be able in this country to choose to form a union. That's not the case at all. People are threatened with job loss, plants moving, all kinds of intimidation going on," Local Labor Leader Mike Everett says.
Labor leaders see the bill being able to boost their dwindling membership.
"Forty percent of this country used to be organized. And when we were organized to that extent, we had the highest standard of living in the world and we were the number one nation in the world. Now, it's less than 13% organized, we’ve had an ever dwindling standard of living for all workers," Everett says. ............(more)
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